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15. Februar 2022 at 14:58 #52053
Bitte poste hier mal die Debug Info unten auf der Seite „Audioplayer“. Vielleicht hängt es mit der Konfiguration der Soundkarte zusammen. Hast du zufällig den Squeezebox Server installiert? Falls ja, könntest du damit mal probieren einen Internetradiosender abzuspielen. Wenn das auch nicht funktioniert, wüssten wir, dass es an der Soundkartenkonfiguration liegt und nicht an Bluetooth.
14. Februar 2022 at 12:44 #52048Hi Quebrantahuesos,
All good, that is a perfectly understandable setup and should also be feasible in one way or another.
In my opinion, you have two options:
Send the analogue signal from the TV to the Squeezebox server and output it through the speakers or run Kodi directly on the Pi and use the speakers as audio output. My recommendation would be the latter.
With the first option, you have two problems: You need an extra sound card (or maybe even a whole system) that has an analogue input. And you will have to deal with latency problems. One sound card you could use here is the HiFiBerry DAC+ ADC, as you have already mentioned. Using the WaveInput plugin, you could use the input signal as a source for the Squeezebox server.
Did that answer your question?
With the second option, you might have a problem with performance. Depending on how powerful your Pi is, it could go down the tubes when playing large files with Kodi. Nevertheless, I think this is the best method. In Kodi’s settings, you can simply select the sound card as the audio output and off you go.
14. Februar 2022 at 12:30 #52046Yes, it should work like this. Have you noticed any improvement?
14. Februar 2022 at 12:28 #52045Hallo Pelikan,
ich habe leider zu spät gesehen, dass du uns auch hier geschrieben hast. Du solltest eine Mail von uns bekommen haben. Am besten wir setzen die Unterhaltung hier fort.
14. Februar 2022 at 12:24 #52044It’s nice that at least the new 2.55 image works. But I can’t explain why version 2.53 doesn’t work for you. Our test devices have no problems with it. And we haven’t heard anything like that from other users either.
If 2.55 works for you, it’s best to stick with it. It should not have any disadvantages compared to the older 2.53 version. It’s still a beta image in theory, but that’s only because we haven’t fully completed testing with our plugins. The common, important Max2Play plugins all work with the new image. We are only still testing the more „exotic“ ones.3. Februar 2022 at 16:56 #52028Hi Quebrantahuesos,
At first I thought it might be because you weren’t using the Buster image for the Pi 4, but an older one, but then I read up again and you are already using the Buster image for your 3Bs. In this case, I could really imagine that the Pi 4 is defective.
The best way to find out is indeed to connect a display and see the output of the boot sequence. However, I would rule out a Max2Play problem, as our test devices all work with the images. You could still test our new Buster Beta image (with Max2Play 2.55), but that shouldn’t really make any difference.3. Februar 2022 at 16:46 #52026Hi Eric,
We do not directly support the PecanPi DAC. In principle, the DAC should be able to work with Max2Play (as long as it works with Rasbian). However, you would have to install the drivers yourself and we cannot offer you any support.
3. Februar 2022 at 16:39 #52025Hallo hjbucher,
hängt sich nur der Squeezebox Server auf oder auch das Max2Play Webinterface? Falls es nur der Server oder der Player ist, dann solltest du in der Log-Datei in den Einstellungen des Servers eine entsprechende Fehlermeldung finden. Vielleicht kannst du die Log hier mal posten. Ansonsten kann es natürlich sein, das nach mehreren Jahren Einsatz der Pi oder die SD-Karte langsam ihren Geist aufgeben (das Netzteil hast du ja bereits ausgeschlossen, das wäre ansonsten auch meine Vermutung gewesen). Du könntest probieren, ein frisches Image (idealerweise auf eine neue SD-Karte) zu brennen und damit den Betrieb zu testen.
3. Februar 2022 at 16:34 #52024You can check whether you are using a Stretch or Buster image at the bottom of the Settings/Reboot plugin by clicking „Debug Info“.
There are two ways to access the Pi’s file system: via an SSH connection or Samba. With SSH, you can either install Putty on a computer or our Remote Control Plugin in the web interface. Then you have to log in with the user name „pi“ and password „max2play“.
If you create a Samba share via our Filesystem/mount plugin, you can also access the Pi from a computer (for example Windows) via „Add network drive“. You can find more about this in our Wiki: https://www.max2play.com/en/wiki/creating-a-sambashare/3. Februar 2022 at 16:27 #52023Unfortunately, I haven’t encountered this problem yet, so I can’t offer you a simple solution. The best thing would probably be to burn a fresh image onto the SD card. The problem really sounds like a broken image.
3. Februar 2022 at 16:24 #52022Inwiefern kannst du Squeezelite nicht aktualisieren? Bekommst du da eine Fehlermeldung? Du solltest eigentlich in den erweiterten Optionen von Squeezelite den Haken bei „Aktualisiere Squeezelite“ setzen und speichern können. Dann sollte es updaten.
Das slimdevices Forum findest du hier: https://forums.slimdevices.com/
31. Januar 2022 at 15:29 #52012We have now revised the Buster Beta once again. Please try downloading it again and burning it to an SD card. With this new image, mounting a Fat32 formatted hard drive should now work.
31. Januar 2022 at 15:02 #52011Hi pomeroy,
Please excuse the late reply. Is the problem still occurring? Are you using our stretch image? If so, you could try our Buster Image. If the problem also occurs there, you could try adding
allow-hotplug eth0to the following file: /etc/network/interfaces31. Januar 2022 at 14:51 #52010Hi edmost,
Please tell us which hardware you are using and which software versions (Max2Play buster/stretch image and version). Have you connected your device via Ethernet or Wifi? What steps did you take to set up Max2Play?
31. Januar 2022 at 14:48 #52009Hallo Christian,
prinzipiell ist es möglich, Schalter und Taster über GPIO mit dem Pi zu verbinden. Ein Beispiel findest du hier:
Um das Ganze über das Display zu steuern, kannst du zum einen Jivelite nutzen, zum anderen könntest du dir auch Shortcuts einrichten, die per HTTP-Befehl die Player steuern. Mehr dazu findest du hier:
31. Januar 2022 at 14:44 #52008Welche Squeezebox Server Version nutzt du? Vielleicht kann ein Update (z.B. auf Version 8.2) bereits helfen. Ansonsten sieht es so aus, als ob die Links nicht funktionieren bzw. keine Verbindung hergestellt werden kann. In diesem Fall könntest du dein Anliegen nochmal im slimdevices Forum schildern. Dort können dir die Entwickler des Squeezebox Servers und der Plugins direkt helfen.
27. Januar 2022 at 10:29 #51997Hi Quebrantahuesos,
I understand your concerns with the power cuts. In principle, it is true that this could damage the SD cards. And if you don’t have a power button for the Pi, it would be good to always have access to the power supply unit in order to restart the device. So in that sense, a centralised solution with a UPS would be quite advantageous.
The disadvantage of this method is, of course, that you don’t have to worry as much about transmission with cat cables. Depending on how long your cables run to the speakers, you may lose a little power along the way. The cross-section of the cables and the input resistance of the speakers are also important here. You don’t really have to worry about this when wiring cat cables. And they are probably cheaper than (high-quality) loudspeaker cables.
If picoreplayer has advantages in terms of power safety, you could of course run your players with that OS and only run your server on a Max2Play device.
Apart from that, each method has its advantages and disadvantages. Maybe these thoughts will help you decide.27. Januar 2022 at 10:06 #51996That sounds like a good plan. We would be very happy if you could share your project with us when it’s finished.
27. Januar 2022 at 9:40 #51995Is the thumb drive at least now displayed below „External Drives on Max2Play – mountpoints for USB-Storage“? And can you save the mount point there? If so, you have to do that first. Afterwards, the drive should be accessible under /mnt/extdrive.
26. Januar 2022 at 14:09 #51991I have now tested mounting again with different formats. In fact, the problem of the hard disk not being recognised only occurred with FAT32. If you have the option to format the hard disk with exfat or ntfs, then it should work. Nevertheless, we will try to make FAT32 compatible as soon as possible.
Do you use a Windows PC? If so, you can format the hard disk via the disk management. Note, however, that formatting deletes all data on the hard disk.
26. Januar 2022 at 12:25 #51990Hi Quebrantahuesos,
Unfortunately, the 2.8″ display cannot be connected via DSI, but only via the GPIOs. Maybe the 7″ display would be an alternative for you. You can connect it to the Pi via ribbon cable and still put a HAT sound card on the Pi.
Thank you for your suggestions. We are always striving to improve Max2Play. Unfortunately, we often do not have the capacity to produce such detailed instructions. That’s why we are always delighted when our users share their experiences with us. If we hear about a project that we think is great, we are always happy to offer to turn it into a community blog post so that all our users can benefit from it.
You might enjoy the following blog posts that go into a little more detail about Multiroom Audio:
Enjoy Music in Bedroom and Bath – Alarm, Sleeptimer, Integrated Button Control
25. Januar 2022 at 13:43 #51985You could first check via the web interface whether the sound card was recognised correctly. To do this, install the HiFiBerry plugin and select the Amp2 from the list, then click on Save. After a restart, the Amp2 should be recognised. If you have already activated the Amp2, you can select „none“ from the list, save, restart and then repeat the procedure. If the Amp2 is recognised correctly, 3 volume controls should appear in the HiFiBerry plugin. In the advanced options of Squeezelite (in the audio player plugin) „sysdefault…hifiberry…“ should be selected as sound output. However, if only the internal sound outputs are displayed there, then the sound card is probably defective.
Only when you have set up the sound card via the web interface will you be able to see it via commands such asaplayoralsamixer.25. Januar 2022 at 13:02 #51983Hallo poitzl,
Bitte poste hier mal die Log des Squeezebox Servers. Du findest sie unter Einstellungen/Informationen.
Funktionieren denn Streams anderer Radios?25. Januar 2022 at 12:56 #51982Dear Joe,
We have now published a beta version of Max2Play 2.55 on our download page. This now also runs under a more up-to-date kernel. Please try to burn this image onto an SD card and try to connect and mount the hard disk with this image again.
25. Januar 2022 at 12:29 #51976Hi Thierry,
That’s quite strange. If all players are set up in the same way and use the same hardware, there should be no differences. But if you use a source other than Airplay, the player works?
25. Januar 2022 at 12:26 #51975No problem 🙂 With Max2Play you have 2 possibilities to execute commands: using the Remote Control Plugin or the Run Command Plugin. You can activate these in Settings/Reboot. Otherwise, you can of course connect a screen to the Pi again and open a terminal there.
24. Januar 2022 at 13:41 #51969Hi Ras,
I’m afraid you’re in the wrong place. Unfortunately, we can only help you with the HiFiBerry OS to a limited extent, as we primarily offer support for Max2Play here.The best thing to do is to ask your question again to the HiFiBerry support team.
I believe that the HiFiberry web interface does not have a command line option. Therefore, as far as I know, your only option is to connect a monitor via hdmi and access a terminal with a mouse and keyboard. Or you can connect to the device via Putty. To do this, you must activate „Remote Login“ in the web interface.20. Januar 2022 at 15:14 #51956Hallo Daniel,
du könntest folgendes versuchen:
Installiere das Plugin Remote Control bzw. „Fernbedienung“ und gib (nach dem Login) dann in der Konsolealsamixerein. Drücke anschließend F6 um deine Soundkarte auszuwählen. Nun sollten diverse Lautstärke-Regler zu sehen sein. Die Items „Analogue“ und „Digital“ sollten bereits auf 100% stehen. Jetzt könntest du versuchen, mit dem Regler ganz links – bei mir heißt der „Headphone“ – die Lautstärke zusätzlich zu erhöhen. Parallel kannst du im Squeezebox Server auch den Pegel verändern.
Mit dem Parameter „-o hw:1 -V Headphone“ bzw. „-o hw:1 -V Digital“ in der Kommandozeile von Squeezelite kannst du dann die Hardware-Steuerung an den Squeezebox Server koppeln. Falls du das interne Audio des Pi in den Raspberry Einstellungen deaktiviert hast, müsstest du wahrscheinlich „hw:1“ durch „hw:0“ ersetzen.
Mehr Infos zu den Squeezelite Optionen findest du hier:Squeezelite Volume Control: https://www.max2play.com/en/wiki/optimizing-squeezelites-volume-control/
Command Line Options: https://www.max2play.com/en/wiki/command-line-options-for-squeezelite/19. Januar 2022 at 14:56 #51951Hallo sil1000,
Prinzipiell kannst du einen Touchscreen an den Pi anschließen, sofern er entweder per GPIO angeschlossen werden kann und auf den Pi 4 passt (nicht jedes Display passt auf den Pi 4, dass zuvor auf einen Pi 3 gepasst hat) oder, wenn du das Display per HDMI anschließen kannst (beim Pi 4 micro-HDMI). Je nach Hersteller des Displays ist es dann nach dem Anschließen direkt Einsatzbereit.
Mit Max2Play kannst du den Pi 4 als Airplay Player nutzen und z.B. über ein iPhone per Airplay Musik an den Pi streamen.
Einen seriellen Anschluss gibt es beim Pi nur in Form der GPIO-Leiste. Wenn du dort mit Steckbrückenkabel Buttons oder ähnliches (zum Beispiel für Play oder Pause-Befehle) anschließen willst, kannst du das tun. Am besten du suchst im Netz mal nach Bastel-Lösungen.
Wir bieten z.B. einen Rotary Encoder und einen Power Button an, um das zu lösen. Schau am besten mal in unserem Shop vorbei: https://shop.max2play.com/de/accessories/rotary-encoder-adapter-cabel.html19. Januar 2022 at 14:46 #51949To narrow down the problem, you could of course try piCorePlayer. Nevertheless, I suspect the problem has to do with the Max2Play configuration. Because normally you should be able to mount your hard drive in the file system/mount plugin. In any case, this is not normal behaviour on the part of Max2Play, so it is of course in our interest to find a solution to the problem.
Edit: Could you please check if your hard disk is formatted with „vfat“?
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