Good to know Rob.. Tell us how many hrs you get from a charge:)
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Good to know Rob.. Tell us how many hrs you get from a charge:)
Ran the Pi for 10-12 hours yesterday and the Anker had dropped to 70%. Got it powering both the Pi and the Caiman II today so I'll see what kind of drain I get today.
I reused the connector adaptors I'd bought for my AA battery rig:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pair-of-12...c=1&rmvSB=true
The socket that came with that kit fits the tip of the cable that comes with the Anker and the plug fits the Caiman II. The other cable that comes with the Anker - the USB cable - fits the USB power socket on the Pi. So a pretty simple way to power up both devices.
Rob
Tim
Two odd things I've noticed.
1) My 2 Mac minis that are connected to my network by wired Ethernet display moode as Shared in Finder which is what I'd expect. However my Macbook Air which of course is wireless-connected doesn't show it in Finder (I can access it by SSH and browser OK though)
2) Although I have Airplay enabled in Moode, none of my Macs show it on their Airplay dropdown. I tried resetting, rebooting, switching volume control from disabled to software, but no luck
Any ideas?
Cheers
Rob
Tim
Quick follow-up - strangely enough, moode is showing up OK on Airplay on my iPhone, just not on the Macs. I don't have any firewall enabled on any of them BTW.
Rob
Hi Rob,Quote:
Originally Posted by robtweed
(1) On Macbook Air, Finder, Shared, All. I usually have to open "All" to see the Pi's.
(2) I'm seeing the Moode Airplay receivers no problem on Macbook Air (Yosemite).
Suggest rebooting all the macs and letting them rediscover things. I've had to do this on occasion. Btw, what version of OS X are u running on the mini's and the Air?
Regards,
Tim
OK so that may be one issue - the Air is now on El Capitan, whereas the Minis are on Yosemite. It appears that on El Capitan you don't have an All.. option in Finder. Looks like El Capitan doesn't see the Pi :-(
I've tried the trick of "sudo pkill coreaudiod" to reset Airplay, but I still only see my Apple TV box coming up (on all Macs). All very weird.
And just to confirm that rebooting the Air didn't help :-(
Well I spoke too soon - moode just appeared in Finder - took some time after the reboot, but still no joy with it showing up in the Airplay dropdown unfortunately
Hi Rob,
I retested Airplay support and no issues in my test environment. The Pi Airplay receivers all show up in IOS, OS X system volume and iTunes volume. It's odd that your Mini's that are running Yos are not seeing the Airplay receivers but in Elcap its probably bug.
On your MBA, do the Airplay receivers show up in iTunes volume control?
Here are my Apple components:
Macbook Air
- OS X Yosemite 10.10.5
- iTunes 12.3.1.23
iPhone 5
- IOS 9.1
iPod Touch 5th Gen
- IOS 9.1
iPad Mini 2
- IOS 9.1
Regards,
Tim
Well maybe it's me going mad! Rebooted the Pi this morning and everything now shows up OK on the Air! :-)
Grant
Running both the Pi and Caiman II for about 12 hours from the Anker battery pack yesterday left it still with about 30% power, so pretty good results I think
Rob
Havevyou tried using it while charging Rob or cant that be done?Quote:
Originally Posted by robtweed
Grant
I haven't been brave enough to try that....yet Must have a look in the instruction manual to see what it says about that :-)
Grant
Looks like it's possible - here's what the instruction booklet notes about doing so:
"When the battery's power level is below 30%, the multi-voltage port will not charge another device while the battery is being charged. The USB charging ports are not affected by this limitation
Simultaneous charging and discharging, although supported and not in any way dangerous, will slightly reduce the external battery's lifespan"
Rob
Interesting, Rob.. So it would still keep the pi going but not a 12volt supply. Food for thought..thanks for that great bit of info.
Hi,
FYI for those of you using new release 2.4, there is a network throughput issue due to old mount settings. It's particularly evident on WiFi connections. It can be fixed by clicking "Advanced options" when configuring a NAS mount and entering the settings below for Rsize and Wsize fields. Fix will b in release 2.5 :-)
** RECOMMEND REMOVE EXISTING NAS MOUNT AND RE-MOUNT WITH NEW SETTINGS
Rsize = 61440
Wsize = 65536
Note old settings: Rsize/Wsize (8048/8096)
Here is some test data from my network when performing MPD DB Update on CIFS/NAS based collection of 14,508 tracks, mostly FLAC. I'm seeing a significant improvement in WiFi throuput with the new settings :-)
Wired: 14,508 tracks, MPD DB update
- New 06 mins, 40 tracks/sec (1.17X faster)
- Old 07 mins, 34 tracks/sec
Wifi: 14,508 tracks, MPD DB update
- New 14 mins, 17 tracks/sec (2X faster)
- Old 26 mins, 09 tracks/sec
Regards,
Tim
Hi Tim.
Just a quickie if I may. How does moode determine the sampling rate? I just want to experiment with changing the sampling rate (or to not upsample at all using for example 44khz) but I can't find an option in Moode to do this.
Thanks
Josie:)
Hi Josie,Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Adder
Menu, Configure, MPD
MPD configuration
- Resampling (choose a rate or "disabled")
- Sample rate converter (set to SoX: Very High Quality)
- APPLY
- Wait a bit for MPD to restart
If Resampling is set to "disabled" Moode leaves the samples at their original rate.
Regards,
Tim
I decided to go with a dual linear psu. 1 side to do the rpi and the other to do the phono stage. Will let you know how it goesQuote:
Originally Posted by robtweed
Doh!... yes... thank you , Tim... how I missed that I don't know... complete blonde moment, even though I'm not blonde. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by TimCurtis
Regards
Josie :)
Meant to ask Tim... Is there any differen e between disabled and selecting 44 16. When playing a 44 16 flac file.?Quote:
Originally Posted by TimCurtis
Hi Grant,Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
No diff.
You can tell by looking at the Audio Info popup. FLAC 16/44.1 files with either "disabled" or 16/44.1 resampling set will result in the Decode rate = 16/44.1 = Output rate. Also CPU % utilization will be very low indicating resampler disengaged.
Regards,
Tim
Thanks Tim. Wasnt sure if the resampler was engaged or if as they will be the same it would just ignore it...nice to knowQuote:
Originally Posted by TimCurtis
Brilliant, much easier than changing manually for the different resolutions.Quote:
Originally Posted by TimCurtis
Thanks
Steve
Hi Tim,
I have been doing some research into trying to setup a wlan static ip address for moode. (Router does not support ip reserve) Can it be done?
Came accross this article http://thepihut.com/blogs/raspberry-...r-raspberry-pi
Would this work? I can access the files using serverauditor from my ipad.
Thanks
Barry
Hi Tim.
Just a quick question. In Alsamixer does the Analogue Playback Boost [dB gain: 0.00, 0.00] to [dB gain: 0.80, 0.80] slider do any filtering or is it just (as it suggests) a boost in the db range?
Thanks
Josie
Hi Barry,Quote:
Originally Posted by Kit1cat
That should work, just have an ethernet cable handy :-)
Regards,
Tim
Hi Josie,Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Adder
For DAC's based on the PCM5122 chip which includes IQaudIO Pi-DAC+, HifiBerry DAC+ and DAC+ Pro, the two sliders in alsamixer named "Analogue" and "Analogue Playback Boost" are for the analog volume controls on the chip. These controls have only two steps 0 and 100. I forget what the dB equivalents are.
IQaudIO recommends setting both volumes to 100 for their Pi-DAC+ board. HifiBerry recommends setting "Analogue" to 100 and "Analogue Playback Boost" to 0 for their DAC+ boards.
Moode makes these settings automatically during startup for these DAC's.
Regards,
Tim
Ah... righty-ho. Thanks very much.Quote:
Originally Posted by TimCurtis
Jo :)
Hi Tim,
Firstly hello to your good self and everyone else at AOS who have not seen my welcome post.
I have a Iqaudio pi-digiamp. Would this have to be set to software volume control, thus controlling the alsa volume?
Cheers
Wayne
Hi Wayne,Quote:
Originally Posted by Wayne Bull
The optimal config for IQaudIO PI-DigiAMP+ (and Pi-DAC+) is the following:
(1) Menu, Configure, MPD
MPD volume control = "Hardware"
(2) Menu, Customize, Hardware Volume Control
Logarithmic curve = "Yes"
Regards,
Tim
Quote:
Originally Posted by TimCurtis
Thanks Tim, I'll give that a try.
Tim,Quote:
Originally Posted by Wayne Bull
I've applied your given settings. I'm using either mupeace or bubbleupnp for playback control.
One thing I've noticed with these settings is that the actual volume doesn't seem to kick in until I reach around the 50/100 mark.
Is this normal?
Cheers
Thanks Tim, it's working great, managed to copy the modified interfaces file to my computer hard drive for future use.Quote:
Originally Posted by TimCurtis
Another question, is the Power Off option ment to turn the pi/dac completely off, it just seems to turn the usb ports off on my pi/dac?
Barry
Hi Wayne,Quote:
Originally Posted by Wayne Bull
If u are going to use external player apps, set MPD volume control to "Software" and then in System config set ALSA volume % to 100.
The Hardware volume + Logarithmic curve settings in Moode only apply to the Moode volume knob.
Regards,
Tim
Hi Barry,Quote:
Originally Posted by Kit1cat
Raspberry Pi design did not include a built-in mechanism to detect operating system "halt" or "poweroff" commands and then disconnect electrical power after OS shuts down, nor does it include a power switch on the board.
It can be done but requires custom coding and some electronics (relay) to disconnect power from the board, then a physical switch on the board/exclosure to reconnect power to the board so it can boot.
Something like that :-)
Regards,
Tim
Quote:
Originally Posted by TimCurtis
Thanks Tim :-)
Sure a switch could be incorperated on a cusom box and a micro usb on to the pi. I have considered this as its extremely difficult to power off and back on again in my condition. Its probably the only drawback the rpi had for me. Going to have ti consider all this when the new psu comes.. I forgot about it when ordering and im not sure how to get round it yet.
Hi Grant, you may find that your new psu has a built in on/off switch, I know the chinese linear psu I looked at did. I have used a in-line power switch with the pi and a maplins psu, worked ok, now using a battery so I just pull the plug out of the battery.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
It does Barry.. Trouble is that it seems to be the same switch for both lines. I would have preferred to switch the phono off but leave pi on but thats not going to happen.. Lack of forethought from me...showing my ageQuote:
Originally Posted by Kit1cat
Cheers Tim. Most helpful.Quote:
Originally Posted by TimCurtis
I think I'll try using the moode software exclusively then as I believe it's been said the sound quality is not so good using software.
Any particular reason for wanting to keep the pi on Grant? I kept mine on to keep the same ip address, but now I have set it up with a static ip address it's no longer a problem, so I turn it off which saves on the battery.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Felt it was maybe better software wise to keep it on but that could be wrong. It uses little power I think. But it may be that I will have to or leave both on.or off..if I find no improvement then I can just return to using the normal smps thing and learn a lesson. Doubt that but you never know till you try it..it will look good though
Fair point Grant, alway's a chance of corrupting the SD card. In my case, turning it off saves having to recharge the battery every day.
Yes it will draw enough I guess to drain a battery even in idle. Been quite impressed with moode 2.4. seems to be quite stable not that the other versions werent. Dunno whether there is a limit to the library you can have without having any probems but Ive not found any slowing down so far. Mind you I dont have a massive library(about 6000 tracks or thereabouts)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kit1cat
Hi,
Two issues I have is that it doesn't appear as a renderer choice in my Bubble uPnP app on android unless I go to the web page and listen to one of the radio stations first, once I do that it shows up as one of my renderers in Bubble.
AirPlay with my iPad doesn't have this issue.
And it won't scan my iTunes folder on my NAS, it's probably me being a numpty and not getting the linking right, although it shows a green tick so it should work, but doesn't.
Mike.
I dont use upnp myself so dunno... I do use the samba thing which always works well. not the fastest but quicker than unplugging and doing it on pc re adding tracks etc. I just use the allotted ip to control it. it occasionally changes if I switch it off but its not a problem. easy to find.
Hi,Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Yeah I've done that too, I use Bubble because it can access Tidal, Google Music, my WDMycloud NAS and some other services I don't use. Plus I use Bubble to control my Marantz MCR510 media player that I have in my computer room, it's handy being able to do it via one App.
It doesn't do Spotify unfortunately but I prefer Tidal anyway.
Mike.
Hi Mike,Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeyb
Send email to tim at moodeaudio dot org and I'll help troubleshoot the iTunes NAS issue. I have iTunes library on file server and no issues.
Not sure about "renderer not showing up until.." issue. I use Linn Kinsky control point on IOS for testing and not Bubble/Android because I don't have an Android device...
Regards,
Tim
Hi Tim,Quote:
Originally Posted by TimCurtis
Will do.
Thanks,
Mike.