Ok if anyone else is interesting in building their own hardware dac pcbs the PCM5242 needs to have both i2S and I2C data busses / clocks connected and the chip needs to be put into I2C mode with the mode 1 / mode 2 pins setup for I2C then you can select a PCM5242 board in the moode audio configuration. this works in my prototype lash up so the project continues
Screenshots or the project doesn't exist ;-)
Hi Tim,
I positioned the WiFi adaper 40 cm away of the Raspberry Pi and all seems OK.
Only problem i find is that somtimes the currentsong.txt is not updated is this a known issue. I use this feature to start a python script to print the data to an LCD display.
regards,
Jan Mulder
Hi Jan,
Are u using the LCD updater feature in Moode or does your Python script have its own event loop?
-Tim
It's the Panda PAU06. I got them from Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Panda-Wirele...qid=1494596921&sr=8-3&keywords=panda+wifi#Ask
It was the Edimax EW-7811Un adapters that I took out of service.
Well said. I complain about this sort of thing all the time, then I go and contribute to it.
Hi Tim,
I understand that stopping and starting can be initalized by these coomands, but can this be done in a python script and how to do this? Is it an os.system() command in python ? I was looking in the file system but could not find the right file.
best regards
Jan Mulder
Hi,
I've not tested this but you might want to try adding the param below to /etc/network/interfaces as suggested by the following link configuration - Configure Wifi (hidden SSID) on Raspbian (EDIMAX Wifi Adapter) - Stack Overflow
wpa-scan-ssid 1
Btw, hiding an SSID does not provide any security. Most Wifi sniffers can easily obtain the names of hidden SSID's.
-Tim
Hi Jan,
Don't know too much about Python coding but the cmd below will show the path to mpc.
which mpc
-Tim
Hi, Jan. I suggest you use the python subprocess module. I just ran the following from the command line to stop and then play the radio station I was listening to.
Code:
pi@moode-rpi3b:~ $ python
Python 2.7.9 (default, Mar 8 2015, 00:52:26)
[GCC 4.9.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import subprocess
>>> subprocess.call(["mpc","stop"])
volume: 15% repeat: off random: off single: off consume: off
0
>>> subprocess.call(["mpc","play"])
Groove Salad: a nicely chilled plate of ambient beats and grooves. [SomaFM]: Alex Cortiz - Beatnik schmooz
[playing] #33/78 0:00/0:00 (0%)
volume: 15% repeat: off random: off single: off consume: off
0
>>>Regards,
Kent
Lol, difficult to do screen shots when its still in my designspark pcbs cad software. did the lash up testing with pi 3 & odroid pcm5242 hat. as i stated before the pcbs is 80% designed and now I know the core components will work its game on. Chips are on order through digikey. once the design is finished it will take about 2 weeks to get my PCBs from china. patience is the name of this game.
However see below an image of one of my two project scopulous full dual differential mono block power amps below. there are only two in the whole wide world and they sound awesome. build cost £1200 each and countless late nights slaving away ;-)
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I noticed in the above link that there are issues with MPD and embedded cover art.
I have some files that show the artwork in MP3tag and Windows but not in MoOde 3.6.
Is it an issue with MPD?
Hi @soldeed,
Referring to issue #42, the author is proposing a new feature and not asking for help to fix a problem with MPD.
If its only a few files out of the collection, you might want to try deleting the coverart then re-embedding it. Really huge sized images are to be avoided. Its also possible that the files, metadata or file headers are corrupt.
-Tim
Referring to issue #42, the author is proposing a new feature and not asking for help to fix a problem with MPD.
If its only a few files out of the collection, you might want to try deleting the coverart then re-embedding it. Really huge sized images are to be avoided. Its also possible that the files, metadata or file headers are corrupt.
-Tim
Prototype lashups using existing boards before I put my money where my mouth is lol
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Prototype lashups using existing boards before I put my money where my mouth is lol
Nice! The essence of DIY
When (at some time in the future) you get the board finished and give a cool name I'll add it to MoOde device database.
-Tim
MoOde 3.6 on RPI 3 with BOSS DAC and WD Mybooklive as NAS.
If I start my MoOde without the NAS drive available, then obviously songs from my library won't play. But then if I start the NAS and wait for it to be fully ready and then restart MoOde or shutdown and then power on the RPI, the songs still do NOT play.
I always need to go to the Configure Sources screen and update MPD.
This is painful when I forget to switch on the NAS before turning on my RPI (and that happens quite often)
Second question:
I have a lot of songs on my Windows desktop. Is there a way for me to 'cast' these songs on MoOde described in the setup above?
I have a single network at home and all devices are on the same network.
Currently I have DLNA turned off in MoOde (I think it is the default setting).
If I start my MoOde without the NAS drive available, then obviously songs from my library won't play. But then if I start the NAS and wait for it to be fully ready and then restart MoOde or shutdown and then power on the RPI, the songs still do NOT play.
I always need to go to the Configure Sources screen and update MPD.
This is painful when I forget to switch on the NAS before turning on my RPI (and that happens quite often)
Second question:
I have a lot of songs on my Windows desktop. Is there a way for me to 'cast' these songs on MoOde described in the setup above?
I have a single network at home and all devices are on the same network.
Currently I have DLNA turned off in MoOde (I think it is the default setting).
MoOde 3.6 on RPI 3 with BOSS DAC and WD Mybooklive as NAS.
If I start my MoOde without the NAS drive available, then obviously songs from my library won't play. But then if I start the NAS and wait for it to be fully ready and then restart MoOde or shutdown and then power on the RPI, the songs still do NOT play.
I always need to go to the Configure Sources screen and update MPD.
This is painful when I forget to switch on the NAS before turning on my RPI (and that happens quite often)
Second question:
I have a lot of songs on my Windows desktop. Is there a way for me to 'cast' these songs on MoOde described in the setup above?
I have a single network at home and all devices are on the same network.
Currently I have DLNA turned off in MoOde (I think it is the default setting).
I have suffered with this, my library sits on a mac server and i found that implementing NFS services worked much better than Samba based file shares.
Chris