GentooPlayer

[michaelvv]

I have borrowed a Chord Hugo2 , which I have some stability issues with. I had play on it on repeat for 27 hour,

but now it just disconnect every now and them. I have this in dmesg.

 

[   19.537437] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): enp0s31f6: link becomes ready
[  155.492104] usb 1-5: new high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[  155.661243] usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=245f, idProduct=0815
[  155.661245] usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[  155.661246] usb 1-5: Product: Hugo2
[  155.661247] usb 1-5: Manufacturer: Chord Electronics Ltd
[  155.661247] usb 1-5: SerialNumber: 413-001
[  155.684034] usb 1-5: Warning! Unlikely big volume range (=32767), cval->res is probably wrong.
[  155.684073] usb 1-5: [10] FU [PCM Playback Volume] ch = 2, val = -32767/0/1
[  155.684612] usb 1-5: Warning! Unlikely big volume range (=32767), cval->res is probably wrong.
[  155.684645] usb 1-5: [10] FU [PCM Playback Volume] ch = 1, val = -32767/0/1
[  155.684923] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
[  977.520879] usb 1-5: USB disconnect, device number 2
[  977.520948] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: ERROR Transfer event TRB DMA ptr not part of current TD ep_index 9 comp_code 1
[  977.520981] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: Looking for event-dma 0000000264125380 trb-start 0000000264125390 trb-end 0000000264125390 seg-start 0000000264125000 seg-end 0000000264125ff0
[  977.521071] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: ERROR Transfer event TRB DMA ptr not part of current TD ep_index 9 comp_code 1
[  977.521100] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: Looking for event-dma 0000000264125390 trb-start 00000002641253a0 trb-end 00000002641253a0 seg-start 0000000264125000 seg-end 0000000264125ff0
[  977.521203] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: ERROR Transfer event TRB DMA ptr not part of current TD ep_index 9 comp_code 1
[  977.521235] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: Looking for event-dma 00000002641253a0 trb-start 00000002641253b0 trb-end 00000002641253b0 seg-start 0000000264125000 seg-end 0000000264125ff0

Any clue what this means 🙂

Thanks Michael. 

 

[antonellocaroli]

Rpi?

[michaelvv]

10 minutes ago, antonellocaroli said:

Rpi?

Intel i5-7600T x86_64. I works flawless with my Chord 2Qute Dac, so I think the Hugo2 is f*****.

 

[bodiebill]

On 1/14/2019 at 8:04 PM, bodiebill said:

So now I am back to firmware 1099c.

 

... and all seems stable so far with upsampling to DSD256.

 

Initially I found the sound a little tinny, but I am happy to say that it has regained its full bloom (surprisingly enough) after changing the usb chain order between renderer and DAC. It is now as follows:
        renderer --> Uptone Regen --> SOtM tX-USBhubEX --> Lush1 cable --> DAC
Before that, the Regen was where you would expect it: the last in the chain before the DAC. However the revised order is a big improvement: wonderful holographic and non-digital sound. I love it!

 

I am using ramsystem which really makes a positive difference. However, while in RamDisk mode, neither saving to disk nor adding ramsystem to boot seem to work: I get I/O errors. Not a big problem as I can make changes after normal boot, and creating the RamDisk only takes only about 12 seconds (!) with a usb 3.0 stick (Mach Xtreme Technology MX-ES 16GB).

 

GP is a great player OS indeed!

[antonellocaroli]

1 hour ago, bodiebill said:

However, while in RamDisk mode, neither saving to disk nor adding ramsystem to boot seem to work: I get I/O errors.

Hi Dennis,  which error in particular? if you hsi detached the usb stick you can have some I / O errors ... for saving in ram the usb should not be detached ...

[bodiebill]

8 minutes ago, antonellocaroli said:

Hi Dennis,  which error in particular? if you hsi detached the usb stick you can have some I / O errors ... for saving in ram the usb should not be detached ...

 

I always left the usb attached. When I am home, I will let you know the exact error messages...

[bodiebill]

hi Filippo, here goes:

 

With the usb stick attached all the time:

- ramsystem (command)

- [4] ramdisk mode 2

- this successfully completes

- [14] Add the ramdisk at system startup; this results in:

     /opt/.gentooplayer/script/ramdiskadd.sh: line 7: rc-update: command not found
      you have to restart the system, restart now?   y/n

- y, this results in:

     packet_write_wait: Connection to UNKNOWN port -1: I/O error
     NaCl plugin exited with status code 255.

- when I ssh in again, on top there is no green RamDisk indicator, just this:

      4.19.5-rt-rt4-MIN-GP1

 

Not a big deal, but maybe you can tell me what I am doing wrong?

 

 

 

[michaelvv]

Hi.

 

Maybe someone knows it it's possible to stream a whole album in the squeezelite buffer..

I have tried to look through all the pages in LMS, and set squeezelite buffer (-b) to a very large

value (2GB / 2GB) of RAM.

When I then play the whole album, and disconnect my RJ45 cable it stops a little before the next number.

 

It both happens with individual flac files and with one big flac file and a cue-sheet which contains the whole album.

 

Thanks Michael

 

[antonellocaroli]

1 hour ago, bodiebill said:

hi Filippo, here goes:

 

With the usb stick attached all the time:

- ramsystem (command)

- [4] ramdisk mode 2

- this successfully completes

- [14] Add the ramdisk at system startup; this results in:

     /opt/.gentooplayer/script/ramdiskadd.sh: line 7: rc-update: command not found
      you have to restart the system, restart now?   y/n

- y, this results in:

     packet_write_wait: Connection to UNKNOWN port -1: I/O error
     NaCl plugin exited with status code 255.

- when I ssh in again, on top there is no green RamDisk indicator, just this:

      4.19.5-rt-rt4-MIN-GP1

 

Not a big deal, but maybe you can tell me what I am doing wrong?

 

 

 

try to update the scripts with the gp-update command, let me know if you solve

[bodiebill]

After gp-update, it now works. Thanks Filippo!

[antonellocaroli]

3 hours ago, michaelvv said:

Hi.

 

Maybe someone knows it it's possible to stream a whole album in the squeezelite buffer..

I have tried to look through all the pages in LMS, and set squeezelite buffer (-b) to a very large

value (2GB / 2GB) of RAM.

When I then play the whole album, and disconnect my RJ45 cable it stops a little before the next number.

 

It both happens with individual flac files and with one big flac file and a cue-sheet which contains the whole album.

 

Thanks Michael

 

do you resample on lms (c-3po)?

 

[michaelvv]

7 minutes ago, antonellocaroli said:

do you resample on lms (c-3po)?

 

Yes , should this make a difference ???

[antonellocaroli]

1 hour ago, michaelvv said:

Yes , should this make a difference ???

No. At the moment LMS does prestreaming only of the current track (+ the next?) the only way to make preload of the whole album is to use the full WAV.

[michaelvv]

6 minutes ago, antonellocaroli said:

No. At the moment LMS does prestreaming only of the current track + the next, the only way to make preload of the whole album is to use the full WAV.

 

Thanks a lot.

 

Tomorrow I'll try to rip a CD to a whole WAV file a do the same test, and see If I then can unplug my LAN cable.

 

Do you know if it's possible to do this in sox ??

 

# for none gapless playing.

flac1 + (2 sec silence) + flac2 = wav

 

 

 

 

 

[michaelvv]

Hi.

 

Find out to make a combined wav file with sox and do the silence 2 sec between each number.

Playing now without my LAN cable plugged in. See how it goes...

[Patatorz]

Hello Antonello, just tried the latest image for Pi as when i tried to to a "gp-update" it told me that it is not anymore maintained. 

I tried to installed the latest image "gentoplayer-raspi-190110.img" but impossible to boot in the Pi. I downloaded twice and burn the image few times : completely stuck. The 2 previous images are working perfectly.

[Holzohr]

13 minutes ago, Patatorz said:

I tried to installed the latest image "gentoplayer-raspi-190110.img" but impossible to boot in the Pi. I downloaded twice and burn the image few times : completely stuck. The 2 previous images are working perfectly.

 

Hi everyone, ciao tutti.

 

@Patatorz, do you have a pi 3B+? I had the same problem. The image is booting but without ethernet (dhcp client). I connected my pi3B+ to TV via HDMi and hooked an USB-keyboard and have set the ip address manually this way. With the version before I neither had this issue.

 

The problem with the version 19110 is I can not install the Alsa version 1.0.29 but booting into RAM works. That was not with the version before. So for the moment I prefer the version before with Alsa 1.0.29 and activating the Ramsystem manually after booting.

 

Mario

[Patatorz]

Thanks Mario, yes a pi3b+ as it is the one in the Metrum Ambre. I can not apply your tweak about the ambre. I will wait Antonello would fix the problem. 

 

BR

[Holzohr]

I see. I already have pm-ed Filippo (Antonello) about it. He said the image is using a kernel for the pi3b without +. You must select the right kernel after the first boot. But how to select when you have no access via ethernet.

[Gordian]

1 minute ago, Holzohr said:

I see. I already have pm-ed Filippo (Antonello) about it. He said the image is using a kernel for the pi3b without +. You must select the right kernel after the first boot. But how to select when you have no access via ethernet.

 

probably though a tv set

[antonellocaroli]

If you have a 3 b + rpi, you have to choose a suitable kernel, I do not know why with previous versions of the kernel the network also worked with the kernel for rpi 3b normal ... with this version of the kernel no ...

@holzhor what's wrong with alsa 1.0.29

[antonellocaroli]

default starts with a kernel for rpi 3b normal ... I'll do some experiment with another version of the kernel ... if the problem remains ... I will have to provide two images, one for 3b is one for 3b +

[antonellocaroli]

default starts with a kernel for rpi 3b normal ... I'll do some experiment with another version of the kernel ... if the problem remains ... I will have to provide two images, one for 3b is one for 3b +

[Patatorz]

Sorry but don’t know how to do as I’m only able to access the pi in ssh

[antonellocaroli]

16 minutes ago, Patatorz said:

Sorry but don’t know how to do as I’m only able to access the pi in ssh

ah, so the network works, it does not work the Internet ... try to delete the contents of the file /etc/resolv.conf  ... and restart