Hm, that is what I checked at first. Screen blank is set to 'never'.
That's why I am looking for alternative way like xset
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Solved! It was a symlinks issue, as Tim supposed, so blame it on my stupid mistakes. During the setup, I omited :
Code:
sudo ln -s /media /var/lib/mpd/music/USB
Code:
sudo ln -s /mnt/NAS /var/lib/mpd/music/NASThanks again to everyone on their time, and especially to Tim for a mindblowing product!
Moode vs Volumio
Just because I was building it for a friend who is computer illiterate, I built a system using a spare Hifiberry Amp I had around and used Volumio instead of Moode.
The verdict is in - Moode kicks Volumio’s voluminous ***!
Which isn’t to say there aren’t some things about Volumio I really like - it’s a revelation compared t9 the last time I used it, about four years ago, but technically Moode is just better.
I will spend more time on Volumio and see if I can pinpoint some of the features I like for possible future improvements in the Moode ui.
I will migrate him when the bugs are worked out of the build process.
I a MA'er but have taken a peek at Volumio just to see what it is all about. Couple of features I found on Volumio that are great. I am not trying to say these are a must have for MoOde, just wanted share my thoughts.
1. Radio search by country
2. Audirvana Plus allows me to select audio devices and Volumio is an option
Hm, that is what I checked at first. Screen blank is set to 'never'.
That's why I am looking for alternative way like xset
Tim and @horsesam
Tim, when "never" is chosen in moOde, the variable scnblank is set to 600000 (seconds) which is about 166hr. Where did that value come from? It seems safe enough, although it would seem the same problem will show up in about 7 days if the Xserver isn't restarted in the meantime.
However, from an answer I found buried in the discussion of power on display via ssh
I don't know the basis for that statement but maybe values greater than 20864 are ignored? Candidly, I don't relish digging through X11 source code to find out.
@horsesam, what happens if you choose "1 Hour" for the screen blank interval?
Also, your listing of /boot/config.txt file contains the line
Code:
hdmo_mode=57Regards,
Kent
“MoOde home” button?
I have my music in Folders with the structure USB/Non Classical/Pink Floyd/Animals/FLAC 16 44 Remaster 2011/01. Track.flac
That means I have to tap several times to get to the album I want to listen. To go back to the root of the tree, I need to tap again several times on the “back” button.
I remember a conversation some time ago in this thread talking about an eventual “home” button. Is there a way to go back to the root of the tree? If not, it could be added to the GUI. Especially because there is no “reload” button in the local UI.
I have my music in Folders with the structure USB/Non Classical/Pink Floyd/Animals/FLAC 16 44 Remaster 2011/01. Track.flac
That means I have to tap several times to get to the album I want to listen. To go back to the root of the tree, I need to tap again several times on the “back” button.
I remember a conversation some time ago in this thread talking about an eventual “home” button. Is there a way to go back to the root of the tree? If not, it could be added to the GUI. Especially because there is no “reload” button in the local UI.
Hi Kent,
Might be that different settings are needed in .xinitrc
xset s off # don't activate screensaver
xset -dpms # disable DPMS (Energy Star) features.
xset s noblank # don't blank the video device
Currently I'm using the default settings below and they appeared to work on my 7" touch and 24" monitor. I'm not sure if the &'s are needed or whether they might be causing issue.
# turn off display power management
xset -dpms &
# turn on screensaver (default = 10 mins)
xset s 600 &
Almost relieved! My Linux skills don't really extend to building my own image, and I don't seem to be able to get in by SSH from my Mac (I use Mac OSX for my personal stuff, but windows, and some Linux, at work) - so I have to trek to the office - all 13 meters, in the cold... to run the tests. Will I be able to get my hands on an img with working squeezelite any time soon? I want to test the sync with the rest of my Squeezebox systems in advance of getting my Lakewest hardware, so I'm happy to wait...
Don't have any Macs myself but AFAIK, your intrepid moOde developer uses Macs pretty much exclusively so I'm sure the built-in Terminal application works (see for example How do I use SSH and SFTP on Mac OS X? | Academic Computing and Communications Center. What is happening when you try?
Oh, and the automated script is r*e*a*l*l*y close to release. It works a treat.
Regards,
Kent
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To make the screen not blank I believe the following works:
xset s 0 &
That is the zero seconds means the screen stays on forever.
Hi, Tim.
Unfortunately, I have access only to a DVI monitor with a HDMI adapter. It works fine with my desktop computer but doesn't play well with RPi's so I can't test what raspbian has done with X11. Off the top my head your .xinitrc settings look ok. The ampersands put these commands in the background so they don't cause the script to hang.
X11 can be very fiddly. The only good thing I can say is that it's better now than it was in the heady days of engineering workstations and the concomitant Unix wars. The 11th version is 30 years old this year and we're still waiting for a replacement technology. Wayland has been in development for 9 years. Someday it will be the default for Linux distros and we'll have to relearn how to do what we do.
Regards,
Kent
I have found that with the screen blank value set to "never" the screen still does blank, but it does not take as long as 7 days. I think it is closer to 1 day. For what it is worth.
Good point! That's just a typo, and fixed /boot/config.txt
not affected to any result so far.
Thank you!!
Hi,
After testing it looks like setting below works.
xset s off
I'm not sure if "xset s noblank" is also needed.
-Tim
I just found when I change webUI > system config > Local Display > Screen blank option, it changes .xinitrc.
and, tried "1 hour". However, the display turned off after 10 minutes.
Also, i tried
Code:
xset s 0My display always disappear after 10 minutes.
I hope there's a thing which keeps virtually moving mouse cursor 1 pixel every minute so that it doesn't go into dark screen.
Thank you
Hi,
Sure. See below for files with default settings.
Code:
pi@rp2:~ $ cat ./.xinitrc
#!/bin/bash
#
# moOde audio player (C) 2014 Tim Curtis
# [url=http://moodeaudio.org]moodeaudio.org[/url]
#
# This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
# any later version.
#
# This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
#
# 2017-11-26 TC moOde 4.0
#
# Turn off display power management
xset -dpms
# Screensaver timeout in secs or 'off' for no timeout
xset s 600
# launch chrome browser
SCREENSIZE="$(fbset -s | awk '$1 == "geometry" { print $2","$3 }')"
chromium-browser --kiosk --touch-events --disable-touch-drag-drop --disable-overlay-scrollbar \
--enable-touchview --enable-pinch --window-size=$SCREENSIZE --window-position=0,0 \
--disable-session-crashed-bubble --disable-infobars --no-first-run --app=http://localhost/
pi@rp2:~ $
pi@rp2:~ $ cat /lib/systemd/system/localui.service
#!/bin/bash
#
# moOde audio player (C) 2014 Tim Curtis
# [url=http://moodeaudio.org]moodeaudio.org[/url]
#
# This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
# any later version.
#
# This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
#
# 2017-11-26 TC moOde 4.0
#
[Unit]
Description=Start Chromium Browser
After=nginx.service php7.0-fpm.service mpd.service
[Service]
Type=simple
# start xserver
ExecStart=/usr/bin/xinit
User=pi
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
pi@rp2:~ $Hi,
The DSP only applies to MPD output. I should probably indicate this on the Audio config screen to avoid confusion. Thanks for pointing that out
I don't think REW output params will work correctly in the Parametric EQ. Aren't they designed for something like BruitFIR convolution filters?
Airplay does in fact support its own DSP but I have not explored that yet. Have a look at
/usr/local/etc/shairport-sync.conf
-Tim