Linux alternative to SqueezePlay?

[lauret]

I think you should start a new threat dedicated to slimpy.

Thanks for you words, but as you already found out, it is of pre-alpha quality, so not ready for its own thread. If I find some more time, I will rewrite some portion of the code to use locks, I guess some of the buffering issues will then also go away.

[PasTim]

I solved the sound problem in SqueezePlay by disabling pulseaudio while squeezeplay runs. The following works for me on Ubuntu 11.10.

I first copied /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf to /usr/share/alsa/alsa-nopulse.conf, so that is reads:

sudo cp /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf /usr/share/alsa/alsa-nopulse.conf

Then I commented the line with "/usr/share/alsa/pulse.conf" (line 11) in alsa-nopulse.conf:

# "/usr/share/alsa/pulse.conf"

Then there is a squeezeplay.sh script in the bin directory of squeezeplay which you can use to start squeezeplay. Edit the last line so it reads:

ALSA_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/share/alsa/alsa-nopulse.conf ./jive

I also edited the file ~/.squeezeplay/userpath/settings/DesktopJive.lua as described in http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpo...48&postcount=3 to select the right audio device. I had to choose another device for the alsaEffectsDevice because it claims the output device and then alsaPlaybackDevice can't use it anymore. I have (I replaced the mac and uuid with x's):

settings = {mac="xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx",uuid="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",alsaSampleSize=24,alsaPlaybackDevice="plughw:0,0",alsaEffectsDevice="plughw:0,1"}

The server now also transcodes 352.8kHz flacs correctly to 176.4Hz!

Thanks a lot. I put some rather frustrated musings on another thread (at http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth...481#post691481) before I found this. I now at least have some output via Squeezeplay.

[PasTim]

Thanks a lot. I put some rather frustrated musings on another thread (at http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth...481#post691481) before I found this. I now at least have some output via Squeezeplay.

I spoke too soon.

It seems that every reboot, linux decides to re-order my card numbers randomly (2 audio cards and a USB headset). To make it work I have to edit the da**ned DesktopJive.lua file every bl**dy time.

I am sure there a mod to alsa.conf that would fix this, if I can find the mental energy to find out what it might be, try several variations and test each one.

[lauret]

I spoke too soon.

It seems that every reboot, linux decides to re-order my card numbers randomly (2 audio cards and a USB headset). To make it work I have to edit the da**ned DesktopJive.lua file every bl**dy time.

I am sure there a mod to alsa.conf that would fix this, if I can find the mental energy to find out what it might be, try several variations and test each one.

You should use the texual representation of your audio devices. Use `aplay -L` to see them. I have for instance `hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0` for my analog onboard output.

[PasTim]

You should use the texual representation of your audio devices. Use `aplay -L` to see them. I have for instance `hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0` for my analog onboard output.

Thanks a lot. I spent considerable time trying to understand the alsa wiki instructions on fixing the configuration, and made little progress. I had to use 'plughw' instead of 'hw', and don't really understand why, but it works, that's the main thing

[giulio]

I had to use 'plughw' instead of 'hw', and don't really understand why, but it works, that's the main thing

That is also my experience. I have never been able to use squeezeplay with interface hw.

If somebody has a different experience and can chime in, I would really appreciate it.

giulio

[lauret]

Sorry for the confusion, I also had to use the plughw. I just copied a random entry from `aplay -L` for illutration purposes.

[simonl]

I also struggled through the ALSA documentation to find something that works.
I understand that 'hw' requires exclusive use of the soundcard. It fails if anything else is already using it. 'plughw' is a software interface that can share the card with other apps, or the sounds from your desktop which may already be using it. Hope this helps clear up this part of the mystery!

[skibler]

I tried squeezeslave(squeezeslave-ubuntu-1.1-305)
while it plays music, which is a big plus, I miss the graphics.
Also I wasn't able to put it in the background. It crashed when I tried several times. Anyone with better results?

I worked a bit more on squeezeplay. I started from scratch from svn 7.7 rev 9561), after all the things I tried I lost track of the changes I made.
I only need to make two changes to get squeezeplay compiled:
1)the change to mmx.h to get past the moveq errors
2)the change to configure.in to get past all unused parameter errors with gcc 4.6
I added the diffs below.
I think the flac errors can be solved by installing libflac++-dev (ubuntu naming) but I need confirmation from someone here.
I'm still stumped by the sound part. I installed the latest portaudio library (rev 1788), but that didn't help. the portaudio test program patest1 gives an error. Don't know if that is a lead though. other tests produce sound and seem ok.

Regards,

Bert


Index: src/SDL-1.2.13/src/video/mmx.h
================================================== =================
--- src/SDL-1.2.13/src/video/mmx.h (revision 9561)
+++ src/SDL-1.2.13/src/video/mmx.h (working copy)
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@

#define mmx_r2m(op, reg, mem) \
__asm__ __volatile__ (#op " %%" #reg ", %0" \
- : "=X" (mem) \
+ : "=m" (mem) \
: /* nothing */ )

#define mmx_r2r(op, regs, regd) \

Index: src/squeezeplay/configure.in
================================================== =================
--- src/squeezeplay/configure.in (revision 9561)
+++ src/squeezeplay/configure.in (working copy)
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
dnl Be pedantic when compiling
if test x"$GCC" = x"yes"
then
- CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wpo
inter-arith -Wcast-align -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-function"
+ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -Wextra -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wpointer-ar
ith -Wcast-align -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-function"
fi

CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DSQUEEZEPLAY"

This is very helpful, thank you! I pulled the source from svn a few days ago and I have 9704 (I think).

The above patches get me much farther along in the compile process than I had been getting, but I am still stuck.

http://sprunge.us/TQVN

This is Fedora 17 x86_64

Any ideas? I am good for copy/paste and that is about it.

[PasTim]

This is very helpful, thank you! I pulled the source from svn a few days ago and I have 9704 (I think).

The above patches get me much farther along in the compile process than I had been getting, but I am still stuck.

http://sprunge.us/TQVN

This is Fedora 17 x86_64

Any ideas? I am good for copy/paste and that is about it.

Have you tried the build at http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth...ays-up-to-192k ? Worked for me.