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    Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

    > Since yesterday I'm getting really big delay from times to times to
    > access my library or spotty (via Synology DS216+II) on my player Pi3
    > PCP.


    Spotty was having issues yesterday:



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    Michael
    piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM.
    Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org

    Please donate if you like piCorePlayer

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    Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

    Hi guys, we are sorry for the late announcement - but pCP 3.20 has been released.

    KERNEL/FIRMWARE changes
    • 4.9.21 kernel
    • rpi firmware - 2017/03/31
    • config.txt changes to increase usable memory on rpi2/3 by 16M
    • config.txt changes to decrease videocore memory usage.
    • rpi Zero-W Support
    • Allo Boss and Piano-Plus Support
    • Changed 8192cu driver (same version that OSMC uses)
    • 8812au driver included


    Other PCP changes
    • Squeezelite updated to v1.86-945
    • ffmpeg updated to 3.17
    • wiringpi shared libraries included by default. (Used to be static linked to squeezelite).
    • flac updated to 1.3.2
    • utf8 support for fat32 partitions
    • New card configuration system, will help with speed on squeezelite page. Also allows us to add more specific card information.
    • Set --nomysqueezebox option from web interface
    • Default LMS install is 7.9.0 released verison
    • Great updates to pCP jivelite pacakge. Made possible by mherger
    • pcp Help web site http://picoreplayer.sourceforge.net.
    • This is still a work in progress, where we can easily create web pages with HOTO's and other information. If you have something you would like included, creates a simple web page and let us know.
    • And last but not least, corrections to the inplace update process
    • Reloading the reboot page should no longer reboot your pCP device again.
    • You can now do an insitu_update and change from pcpCore to pcpAudioCore, and vise versa.


    For the adventuresome 3.11 users reading this, If you do a hotfix (Near the bottom of the Main Page in Beta Mode), this will install a small fix, that will allow you to do an insitu_update to 3.20.
    By my tests, if you are using a 3.11 image, when you install 3.20, you should have about 180k of disk space left on the boot partition. 99% Full. In my mind this is a bit risky, but I suppose if your card is not easily pulled, give this a try. Worse case you have to pull your card and reflash.

    Get the files from here: https://sites.google.com/site/picore.../home/download

    The pCP-Team
    Last edited by sbp; 2017-05-01, 17:17.
    piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM.
    Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org

    Please donate if you like piCorePlayer

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      #3
      wifi in rpi3

      wifi in rpi3
      I use 3.2 final in rpi3 but internal wifi is fail cannot scan any network
      but 3.11 is ok

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        #4
        Originally posted by htctyo View Post
        wifi in rpi3
        I use 3.2 final in rpi3 but internal wifi is fail cannot scan any network
        but 3.11 is ok
        Works just fine on my 2 rpi3 systems, and my zero-w systems. Must be an issue with your router setup, more than likely channel configuration.
        piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM.
        Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org

        Please donate if you like the piCorePlayer

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          #5
          Originally posted by htctyo View Post
          wifi in rpi3
          I use 3.2 final in rpi3 but internal wifi is fail cannot scan any network
          but 3.11 is ok
          I have the same experience. 3.11 audio works perfectly, but 3.20 audio cannot find my wifi network using the scan option.

          Back to 3.11 for me!
          -merlin

          RPi 3B HiFiBerry digi-plus running pCP 4.10 and LMS

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            #6
            Works perfectly for me. I updated Insitu from 3.11 using the instructions above. I've been quite happily listening to music and radio since.

            Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

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              #7
              Originally posted by merlinus View Post
              I have the same experience. 3.11 audio works perfectly, but 3.20 audio cannot find my wifi network using the scan option.

              Back to 3.11 for me!
              Wifi has never been recommended with the Audio version, I should just disable wifi in that version.
              piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM.
              Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org

              Please donate if you like the piCorePlayer

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                #8
                Thank you for this new version

                I've done in-situ upgrades of a Pi2+IQaudio PiDAC+, a Pi3 and Pi3+touchscreen+IQaudio PiDACZero, all without apparent issues.

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                  #9
                  wifi in rpi3

                  Works just fine on my 2 rpi3 systems, and my zero-w systems. Must be an issue with your router setup, more than likely channel configuration.

                  I use auto in channel but still fail . what section I need to set I in my rounter I work fine in 3.11 thanks

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                    #10
                    wifi in rpi3

                    Originally posted by htctyo View Post
                    I use auto in channel but still fail . what section I need to set I in my rounter I work fine in 3.11 thanks
                    Please fix your router to use channel 1 and retry. Just to eliminate; sometimes the high channels do clash with the WIFI drivers.
                    Also verify you did not disable the onboard wifi ( RPi Built-in Wifi must be ON at http:\\x.y.z.h/cgi-bin/wifi.cgi )
                    You need a wired ethernet connection to check this.
                    Pi based multi-room audio system powered by PiCorePlayer(s):
                    Pi3B with Phat-dac in a Rasptouch, 2 pi B+ with Cirrus Logic Audio Card, Pi Zero with Phat-beat , and a few other tests...

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                      #11
                      wifi in rpi3

                      already change to 1 still fail
                      why 3.11 is ok

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                        #12
                        I already set buitin wifi on
                        but why No wifi devices found!


                        ifconfig wlan0 down
                        ifconfig wlan0 up
                        No wifi devices found!

                        eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr B8:27:EB:62F:ED
                        inet addr:192.168.0.106 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
                        UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
                        RX packets:1923 errors:0 dropped:11 overruns:0 frame:0
                        TX packets:1132 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                        collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                        RX bytes:205852 (201.0 KiB) TX bytes:270540 (264.1 KiB)

                        lo Link encap:Local Loopback
                        inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
                        UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
                        RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                        TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                        collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
                        RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

                        wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr B8:27:EB:37:8A:B8
                        UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
                        RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                        TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                        collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                        RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
                        Last edited by htctyo; 2017-05-03, 01:27.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by htctyo View Post
                          already change to 1 still fail
                          why 3.11 is ok
                          Because 3.11 uses a 4.4.39 based kernel, and 3.20 uses a 4.9.21 based kernel. The drivers have quite a few changes. Plus the RPi 3 wifi is still a very flawed hardware implementation.

                          Please confirm that you are using the kernel version 4.9.21-pcpCore_v7. This is shown in the footer of the web pages.
                          piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM.
                          Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org

                          Please donate if you like the piCorePlayer

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                            #14
                            No Problems with In Situ Update

                            I used the hot fix and continued with the in situ update. No problems and the connection to my WiFi dongle fired right up. RPi3 with HiFiBerry Digi+ hat, TP Link WiFi dongle, Adafruit 5.25V 2A power supply with Monoprice USB power cable with ferrite core. piCorePlayer 3.20 Audio Version on 8GB Samsung Evo micro SD card. It might be my imagination but I think it may sound better than the 3.11 version. Call me crazy.

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                              #15
                              Glad you like it. The kernel continues to evolve, there are many sound system changes in the 4.9 kernels. Some of those patches would have been backported into the 4.4.39 Audio kernel......now they are in the default kernel.
                              piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM.
                              Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org

                              Please donate if you like the piCorePlayer

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