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by Chinasaur
Tue May 07, 2013 4:07 am
Forum: Media centres
Topic: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interface:
Replies: 38
Views: 10532

Re: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interfa

These sound like good ideas; I recommend you bring your basic problem and these latest thoughts over to the pianod mailing list. Perette is quite responsive and will have some thoughts on this. Hopefully I'll have some more time to help in the next few days.
by Chinasaur
Mon May 06, 2013 10:17 pm
Forum: Media centres
Topic: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interface:
Replies: 38
Views: 10532

Re: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interfa

If those init hint edits don't change the S-order then they probably don't matter. But did you try changing it to S95 manually? I'm starting to run out of ideas for good solutions, so maybe time to start trying some hacks, at least to confirm what's going on. Want to put a sleep line in the init scr...
by Chinasaur
Mon May 06, 2013 5:41 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: Bittorrent Sync on RPi
Replies: 9
Views: 6195

Re: Bittorrent Sync on RPi

Yes, I just started trying it, syncing mp3s between my desktop and the RasPi music box in the kitchen, which has a USB HDD attached. The USB HDD is an ext4 filesystem, for no good reason. Indexing several thousand mp3s (both computers already had almost identical directories), about 30 GB worth, put...
by Chinasaur
Mon May 06, 2013 4:57 am
Forum: Media centres
Topic: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interface:
Replies: 38
Views: 10532

Re: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interfa

I'll have to mess with it a bit myself to figure it out; should get to this tomorrow night. The behavior you describe is exactly what I get if there's a problem accessing the sound device, e.g. if I'm already playing something through MPD and then try to play pianod.
by Chinasaur
Sun May 05, 2013 10:38 pm
Forum: Media centres
Topic: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interface:
Replies: 38
Views: 10532

Re: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interfa

I do recommend logging in with netcat also, as this will give you better feedback. I think "No station selected" is just the last log message that you are probably getting, but there are probably a few earlier messages like "Player error" that are getting lost behind "No station selected" in the web...
by Chinasaur
Sun May 05, 2013 9:02 pm
Forum: Media centres
Topic: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interface:
Replies: 38
Views: 10532

Re: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interfa

Ah, okay, that does sound more like a problem with access to the sound device. Did you try adding the alsa/pulseaudio dependencies to the init script? Or as you said, just trying to move the pianod init to S95 or later? Do you have anything else running that might be blocking up the sound device? Un...
by Chinasaur
Sun May 05, 2013 5:09 pm
Forum: Media centres
Topic: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interface:
Replies: 38
Views: 10532

Re: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interfa

I would guess that if you log in with netcat after the semi-failed boot up you'll see that the Pandora user isn't logged in, and so the station list is empty. Can you confirm that? You could just change the rc.d links to S95 manually? Another workaround might be to put pianod in rc-local. Sorry for ...
by Chinasaur
Sun May 05, 2013 2:26 am
Forum: Media centres
Topic: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interface:
Replies: 38
Views: 10532

Re: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interfa

Great; keep me posted.
by Chinasaur
Sat May 04, 2013 4:11 pm
Forum: Media centres
Topic: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interface:
Replies: 38
Views: 10532

Re: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interfa

Good point. Unfortunately pianod doesn't handle these situations equivalently. If you lose connection while playing, it will enter Stalled state (once it runs out of cache) and then it should recover when the connection returns. If you don't have a connection when you are starting up though, then pi...
by Chinasaur
Sat May 04, 2013 6:21 am
Forum: Media centres
Topic: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interface:
Replies: 38
Views: 10532

Re: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interfa

I was imagining the problem was just that pianod was trying to startup your station before networking was available. But you're saying that if pianod starts on boot you can't get it to play anything even after everything is booted up? Do you have MPD running with this setup? Maybe check the /etc/ini...
by Chinasaur
Sat May 04, 2013 5:33 am
Forum: Media centres
Topic: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interface:
Replies: 38
Views: 10532

Re: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interfa

That's great you are using it for an office environment. Perette, the developer of pianod has that use case in mind and has some interesting features (or planned features) for setting the QuickMix according to who is logged in. I am only using it at home right now, so I haven't played with these fea...
by Chinasaur
Wed May 01, 2013 7:55 pm
Forum: Media centres
Topic: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interface:
Replies: 38
Views: 10532

Re: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interfa

Hmmm, I've had issues like that with systemd on arch, but on raspbian the init scripts seemed to just work. I'll look into it, may take me a days.
by Chinasaur
Mon Mar 25, 2013 6:08 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Pibow VESA 200 mount mod
Replies: 4
Views: 3330

Re: Pibow VESA 200 mount mod

Hey, so I don't think I understood your question about your VESA design and the Model A? It looks to me like Model A is same board as Model B.
by Chinasaur
Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:21 am
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Pibow VESA 200 mount mod
Replies: 4
Views: 3330

Re: Pibow VESA 200 mount mod

Sure, I'd be happy to work in some Model A holes. Somehow I thought the Model A was the same board as Model B but with some components left off; I'll go look. Thanks again for making the design available in the first place! I didn't remember, but I just checked and the 200 mm mount on my TV actually...
by Chinasaur
Sun Mar 24, 2013 5:25 am
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Pibow acrylic layer thickness
Replies: 4
Views: 2715

Re: Pibow acrylic layer thickness

Thanks again, finished this ages ago but finally got around to posting the simple design: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt ... 40&t=38184
by Chinasaur
Sun Mar 24, 2013 5:23 am
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Pibow VESA 200 mount mod
Replies: 4
Views: 3330

Pibow VESA 200 mount mod

I finally posted the old design I had for a VESA 200 mm mount backplate mod for the Pibow: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:65374 Note Pimoroni sell their own VESA mount that is 75 mm or 100 mm compatible for smaller monitors: http://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/pibow/products/pibow-vesa-mount-laye...
by Chinasaur
Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:18 pm
Forum: Media centres
Topic: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interface:
Replies: 38
Views: 10532

Re: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interfa

Okay, I added this page to the pianod wiki: http://wiki.deviousfish.com/index.php?t ... positories
by Chinasaur
Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:10 pm
Forum: Media centres
Topic: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interface:
Replies: 38
Views: 10532

Re: pianod+wsgw: Pandora client/server with nice web interfa

I'm not at my Pi at the moment, but one general note is that you need the devel versions of the dependencies. Hope that helps. Once I'm home I can give you specific help.
by Chinasaur
Fri Mar 22, 2013 3:48 pm
Forum: Media centres
Topic: Automatic speakers on/off; ALSA callbacks or...?
Replies: 3
Views: 1483

Re: Automatic speakers on/off; ALSA callbacks or...?

No, sadly /proc/asound doesn't appear to deploy any events to inotify.
by Chinasaur
Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:38 am
Forum: Media centres
Topic: Automatic speakers on/off; ALSA callbacks or...?
Replies: 3
Views: 1483

Re: Automatic speakers on/off; ALSA callbacks or...?

Well, digging around reveals:

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cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/status
which says "closed" if there's no audio and "state: RUNNING... etc." if there is audio. I'm imagining I could accomplish my goal by combining this with inotify?
by Chinasaur
Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:11 am
Forum: Java
Topic: Pianobar remote control
Replies: 45
Views: 17956

Re: Pianobar remote control

Thanks. I've thought of using pianod instead of pianobar but never really gotten to it yet, there's also an Android app for pianod ( https://github.com/hinesmr/pianod-mobile ) that I don't know how well it works. I'll try to check it out at some point but I'll keep working on the pianobar remote as...
by Chinasaur
Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:46 pm
Forum: Media centres
Topic: pianobar, php, permissions
Replies: 3
Views: 2417

Re: pianobar, php, permissions

I just posted some info on setting up pianod, which is like pianobar but designed more as a background service. It has a nice web interface that works with any HTML5 compatible browser including Chrome, Firefox, and Safari on desktop as well as Android/iOS.
by Chinasaur
Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:43 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Re: Pianobar, a bash prompt pandora client
Replies: 32
Views: 15141

Re: Pianobar, a bash prompt pandora client

Pianobar works nicely but I have switched over to pianod for more of a background service setup. Here's some info if you want to check it out.
by Chinasaur
Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:42 pm
Forum: Java
Topic: Pianobar remote control
Replies: 45
Views: 17956

Re: Pianobar remote control

Hi guys, this looks like a nice setup, but I have an alternative if you want to check it out. Here's a quick blurb.
by Chinasaur
Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:36 pm
Forum: Media centres
Topic: Headless Audio Player & Android/PC Remote
Replies: 12
Views: 13756

Re: Headless Audio Player & Android/PC Remote

I just posted a blurb on pianod, which is a nice Pandora player that works well on RasPi and has a good web/mobile interface (through helper program wsgw). Hope you'll check it out.

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