GentooPlayer

[DomieMic65]

1 minute ago, antonellocaroli said:

It's not really like that...

it also restores other files...files that are in /etc...
as well as fstab....

so things you don't see...

then I suggest you try without backup restore....

I see...

So I must burn again the sd card? 
Thnx!!!

[antonellocaroli]

Just now, DomieMic65 said:

I see...

So I must burn again the sd card? 
Thnx!!!

or you open up a teamviewer connection and I'll fix it for you...

[DomieMic65]

1 minute ago, antonellocaroli said:

or you open up a teamviewer connection and I'll fix it for you...

thank you!!! I'll send you a pm as soon as I can!!!

[mnuno10]

9 hours ago, antonellocaroli said:

 

Yes, it looks like he's using MP3s.

but the thing that's not clear to me, the linn app only works by enabling mpd and upmpdcli?
Strange, I thought it didn't work, I was pretty sure linn needed bubble...

try doing

echo "tidalquality = lossless" >> /etc/upmpdcli.conf

and restart upmpdcli

upmrestart

 

 I already try that but it gives me the same results, "44hz 320kbps" music:

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* Stopping upmpdcli ...                                                                           [ ok ]

 * Starting upmpdcli ...

:3:src/mediaserver/contentdirectory.cxx:180::ContentDirectory: not creating entry for gmusic because neither gmusicuser nor gmusicautostart are defined in the configuration

:3:src/mediaserver/contentdirectory.cxx:180::ContentDirectory: not creating entry for qobuz because neither qobuzuser nor qobuzautostart are defined in the configuration

:3:src/mediaserver/contentdirectory.cxx:180::ContentDirectory: not creating entry for spotify because neither spotifyuser nor spotifyautostart are defined in the configuration

:3:src/mediaserver/contentdirectory.cxx:180::ContentDirectory: not creating entry for tidal because neither tidaluser nor tidalautostart are defined in the configuration      [ ok ]

                       

Also I already fill tidaluser, tidalpass and tidalautostart and same errors as above appears.

 

7 hours ago, antonellocaroli said:

anyway I tried linn and it works without changing anything on GP

 

 

 

Are you using only MPD and UpMPDcli? In my setup I can only see "Main Room", no "UpMPD" option here. 

My Linn app:

 

I have another problem, my computer Macbook Pro 15inch mid 2015, is always at full speed and the fan always spinning even without playing any song. Is this normal? Can you help me?

[antonellocaroli]

1 hour ago, mnuno10 said:

Are you using only MPD and UpMPDcli? 

yes, with all the standard options... which means I haven't changed anything in the upmpdcli configuration...

 

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I have another problem, my computer Macbook Pro 15inch mid 2015, is always at full speed and the fan always spinning even without playing any song. Is this normal? Can you help me?

did you try it without profiles?

I never did a test on mac anyway...

[mnuno10]

40 minutes ago, antonellocaroli said:

yes, with all the standard options... which means I haven't changed anything in the upmpdcli configuration...

 

did you try it without profiles?

I never did a test on mac anyway...

 The room UpMpd that you have in Linn is not related with BubbleUpnp being enabled in GentooPlayer? I only have these two options when I also have BubbleUpnp enabled. And the problem of Linn always showing 44hz 320kbps only happens in Main Room.

 

But related to this problem, it seems a bug of Linn app, because when I change the values of tidalquality between low and lossless in /etc/upmpdcli.conf, the app always shows 44hz 320kbps, but lossless option gives way better sound quality.

 

Related to cpu temperature I will try another profiles and see what happens. The goal is to buy a NUC to use with some Linux audio distribution. Right now I'm really enjoying GentooPlayer, and for use with Tidal (without Roon), it works wonderfully because I can use Linn app(which as a good UI/UX) without the need of BubbleUpnp(that sounds much worse to my ears).

 

Thank you very much @antonellocaroli

[antonellocaroli]

3 hours ago, mnuno10 said:

 The room UpMpd that you have in Linn is not related with BubbleUpnp being enabled in GentooPlayer? I only have these two options when I also have BubbleUpnp enabled. And the problem of Linn always showing 44hz 320kbps only happens in Main Room.

 

But related to this problem, it seems a bug of Linn app, because when I change the values of tidalquality between low and lossless in /etc/upmpdcli.conf, the app always shows 44hz 320kbps, but lossless option gives way better sound quality.

 

Related to cpu temperature I will try another profiles and see what happens. The goal is to buy a NUC to use with some Linux audio distribution. Right now I'm really enjoying GentooPlayer, and for use with Tidal (without Roon), it works wonderfully because I can use Linn app(which as a good UI/UX) without the need of BubbleUpnp(that sounds much worse to my ears).

 

Thank you very much @antonellocaroli

 

you see in the mpd log that you have something like this

 

[luisma]

@mnuno10
and @antonellocaroli

I would like to use Tidal or qobuz and I understand I could use MPD and Linn or other player.

Without resorting to Roon is there a way to stream Tidal onto HQPe in the same Gentooplayer box?

[antonellocaroli]

13 minutes ago, luisma said:

@mnuno10
and @antonellocaroli

I would like to use Tidal or qobuz and I understand I could use MPD and Linn or other player.

Without resorting to Roon is there a way to stream Tidal onto HQPe in the same Gentooplayer box?

 

you should use LMS

 

see this post... in italian

[franz159]

I installed ver 2.1.0 on one of my raspberry (a Pi3B+) with Allo Boss Dac, enabling Squeezelite-R2, MPD bit perfect, upmpdcli and myMPD. I also mounted a samba share (with empty password)  from another raspberry in my LAN for my music library and finally activated Ram System Mode 2.

It took about 30 minutes to set up, plus 20 minutes or so for myMPD to rescan 1.5Tb of music files.

All good at first attempt.

Thanks again Antonello!!!

This is really an excellent system!

 

[Sebastian T.]

@antonellocaroli, could you please help me install a wifi dongle with the 8822bu chipset? I did manage to use it with dietpi, but I don't know how to make it work under gentooplayer. Thank you.

[Gavin1977]

Just tried Gentooplayer following @bobfa recommendation in his Allo USBSignature review.  As a long time user of Euphony I’m very impressed.  Listening so far shows that the sonic signature is similar to Euphony, but the music has greater relief (reduced background processes, and lower noise floor perhaps?) vocals are also lovely and seem to have more presence and resolution.

 

Testing was done on DNHE NUC, Paul Hynes SR7, Etherregen.  Both copies of software where run from USB.  I used the headless UEFI version of gentoo, the version with the xfce GUI also worked fine too.

 

I really disliked Audiolinux, mainly because I found it to be an absolute pain to set up as I had to constantly hunt out issues and find workarounds.  I had a similar experience with Gentoo Player to start with, as I tried setting it up using terminal only (following what I understood from using Audio Linux).  Wasn’t great. However, use the web interface and it’s an absolute dream!  So easy and everything works spot on.  So make sure you use the web interface, gentooplayer is then highly recommended.

 

I also thought that the audio benefits of Audiolinux were only moderate, not the case with GentooPlayer.  It’s in the same league as Euphony, My experience so far is that it’s probably the better sounding too...and it’s free!

 

Anyhow that some short feedback on my experience.

 

Question... is Shairport included for airplay playback emulation?  I couldn’t find it in the web interface.

 

Thanks

[sjj]

My sound card shows a status of closed and no sound is produced when playing music. Would appreciate tips on how to resolve. I’m using the X86 version with MPD and upmpdcli.

[Limpbizkit]

5 hours ago, Sebastian T. said:

@antonellocaroli, could you please help me install a wifi dongle with the 8822bu chipset? I did manage to use it with dietpi, but I don't know how to make it work under gentooplayer. Thank you.

Hi,i have the same issue with 8822au chipset.

Antonio told me to truc this but it does not work:

"

try:

 

cd /tmp/

 

wget https://github.com/antonellocaroli/rpi-firmware/releases/download/20200223/firmware.tar.xz

 

tar xvf firmware.tar.xz  --xattrs --numeric-owner -C /

 

reboot 

 

and see if it works...

if it doesn't work try adding this line 

max_usb_current=1

to the config.txt

 

mount /boot

 

nano /boot/config.txt

 

If it doesn't work, I have no other ideas."

[Limpbizkit]

5 hours ago, Sebastian T. said:

@antonellocaroli, could you please help me install a wifi dongle with the 8822bu chipset? I did manage to use it with dietpi, but I don't know how to make it work under gentooplayer. Thank you.

Hi,i have the same issue with 8822au chipset.

Antonio told me to truc this but it does not work:

"

try:

 

cd /tmp/

 

wget https://github.com/antonellocaroli/rpi-firmware/releases/download/20200223/firmware.tar.xz

 

tar xvf firmware.tar.xz  --xattrs --numeric-owner -C /

 

reboot 

 

and see if it works...

if it doesn't work try adding this line 

max_usb_current=1

to the config.txt

 

mount /boot

 

nano /boot/config.txt

 

If it doesn't work, I have no other ideas."

[Patatorz]

Hello, did somebody experienced the same problem with Roon server (https://community.roonlabs.com/t/multiple-rescans-of-library-needed-for-albums-to-show-up-on-audiolinux-ticket-in/76962) ? 

on another OS I moved back to the 4.19 kernel in order to prevent from this problem.

[antonellocaroli]

4 hours ago, sjj said:

My sound card shows a status of closed and no sound is produced when playing music. Would appreciate tips on how to resolve. I’m using the X86 version with MPD and upmpdcli.

did you set up mpd?

 

[antonellocaroli]

9 hours ago, Gavin1977 said:

 

 

Question... is Shairport included for airplay playback emulation?  I couldn’t find it in the web interface.

 

 

I've never used shairport, so I don't know how it works.
I put in an ebuild... if you want to see if it works...

 

emerge --sync

gp-update

 

emerge --ask shairport

 

/etc/init.d/shairport restart

 

here is a configuration file in

/etc/conf.d/shairport

[antonellocaroli]

@Sebastian T.  @Limpbizkit

the only driver I found in the kernel that looks like it is this one:

 

 

then I found other drivers on github but they don't compile on arm64...

so if you want to do a test with this kernel and let me know:

 

 

mount /boot
cd /tmp

wget https://github.com/antonellocaroli/kernel-test/releases/download/1.0/GP-Rpi3-Kernel-TEST-WIFI.tar.xz

tar xvf GP-Rpi3-Kernel-TEST-WIFI.tar.xz --xattrs --numeric-owner -C /

 

reboot

[Sebastian T.]

8 minutes ago, antonellocaroli said:

@Sebastian T.  @Limpbizkit

the only driver I found in the kernel that looks like it is this one:

 

 

then I found other drivers on github but they don't compile on arm64...

so if you want to do a test with this kernel and let me know:

 

 

mount /boot
cd /tmp

wget https://github.com/antonellocaroli/kernel-test/releases/download/1.0/GP-Rpi3-Kernel-TEST-WIFI.tar.xz

tar xvf GP-Rpi3-Kernel-TEST-WIFI.tar.xz --xattrs --numeric-owner -C /

 

reboot

 

Is it a 4.14 or a 4.19 Kernel?

[antonellocaroli]

1 minute ago, Sebastian T. said:

 

Is is a 4.14 or a 4.19 Kernel?

4.19 for Rpi3

[Sebastian T.]

Sadly, I have a Chord Qutest DAC. I couldn't find a way to make it play correctly. On the 4.19 kernels I get pops and clicks and on the 4.14 the music plays soooo slow. It stutters like crazy. I really wish I could use gentooplayer, but I feel lost.  

[antonellocaroli]

7 minutes ago, Sebastian T. said:

Sadly, I have a Chord Qutest DAC. I couldn't find a way to make it play correctly. On the 4.19 kernels I get pops and clicks and on the 4.14 the music plays soooo slow. It stutters like crazy. I really wish I could use gentooplayer, but I feel lost.  

That's another problem. I wanted to see if the wi-fi dongle would be recognized...

[Sebastian T.]

1 minute ago, antonellocaroli said:

That's another problem. I wanted to see if the wi-fi dongle would be recognized...

I've just flashed the card. I'll test it in a moment.

[Sebastian T.]

Nope, it doesn't work…