Posts by nooryani84

Quote from chewitt

RockPro64 and Renegade Elite are both from vendors with a long-term proven commitment to Linux support. Khadas are getting better but still seem to focus on Android and simple stuff like designing a case and heatsink that can be paired together seems to escape their design team. Radxa are an unknown quantity at this point in time.

What's particularly interesting with the Renegade Elite is that it has mainline kernel support from Libre Computer already it seems.

I am a bit concerned as to how well these two RK3399 boards can be passively cooled via just a heatsink inside a case. I am still looking for some user feedback and reviews here.

I've been looking at the Tinkerboard S, RockPro64 and the Renegade Elite

Which is a better choice currently, RK3228 or RK3399? Which of these devices have generally been most stable/best performing?

I'm just unsure which one of these is the best to device to get at the moment, so any experiences or help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm starting to think I should just get a Minix U9 if I buy a new HTPC

Zotac ZBOX PI335 pico - Gemini Lake

Saw this little PC from Zotac and I'm curious as to how well these specs can handle 4K, 10bit etc ?

• Celeron N4100 w/ Intel UHD 600 iGPU
• 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
• 32GB eMMC
• Gigabit Ethernet

Well I don't need it quite yet, so I'll just wait for RK3399 support to mature.

So I've been reading up on current and upcoming boards as I'm considering investing in a new one for LibreElec. Currently it seems as though the two best options are AMLOGIC S905D for long term support or RK3399. Which would be recommended between the LibreComputer Renegade Elite, ROCKPro64 or something else? I want something that will at least be supported for LibreElec 19 and has a fairly straight forward install. I'm sceptical to Odroid C2 since that's running a fairly old kernel.

Quote from janpfo

Is it possible to add this to LibreElec?: GitHub - shanemeagher/service.librespot: Spotify Connect Addon for LibreELEC

Why do you need this? You already have Spotify Connect Web.

Quote from lrusak

Nothing really. It could break at any moment.

I hope this doesn't happen of course, Netflix is a big deal for many users.

Quote from popcornmix

Netflix (and Amazon Prime) will work on Pi. I've had 720p video with 5.1 audio working perfectly on mine.
Not released yet and will require a Kodi 18 build. See:

Plugin brings Netflix to Kodi Media Center (unofficially, but without breaking DRM) - Liliputing
Kodi Is Getting A Proper Netflix Plugin - Phoronix

But you'll have to wait until it is released.

Yea but how future proof is it? What's to stop Netflix etc from blocking it?

Doubt that will work on the RPi3, since apparently the way widevine decrypts video means the CPU has to be used for all decoding. Kodi Is Getting A Proper Netflix Plugin - Phoronix Forums

Solution? Get a Chromecast for $35 or however much they cost. Either that or run Kodi from an Android device and add a Netflix-shortcut to the app.

Quote from highkick05

delete your own posts tough guy

Wow, what an attitude. A feature YOU want is missing on FREE software. You aren't willing to contribute ANYTHING, besides some moody/bitter insults. Good luck to you

awiouy:

I've been trying to get spotifyconnectweb app working seperately on a headless installation and had quite a bit of problems creating a systemd service without a seperate script... What I've learned with help from your script and trial and error is that unless you create a sepearte script, it seems to be very picky about accepting arguments such as --username, --password, --key etc. It just produces an error when starting the service. It works fine if i use the chrooted version, but not the smaller one with built-in dependencies, which is preferrable.

So I solved this by specifying the locations manually, which worked perfectly.

ExecStart=/pathto/spotifyconnectweb -k /pathto/spotify_appkey.key -n "Spotify Connect" -b 320 -c /pathto/credentials.json

Just wanted to share this in case it helps anyone else.. Thank you again for your great implementation, my next issue to tackle will be starting avahi.

Would it be recommended to just add this line of code to /etc/rc.local ?

avahi-publish-service TestConnect _spotify-connect._tcp 4000 VERSION=1.0 CPath=/login/_zeroconf

So I have been playing around with a USB DAC that I just bought HiFime Sabre 9018 USB DAC

It works fine with Kodi and Spotify after first setting it up and booting. I chose sysdefault:CARD=Audio from the Spotify Connect Web app and then PCM etc. Shows up instantly and doesn't even have to be connected during before you boot up LibreElec.

Here's the annoying part: if I reboot the LibreElec from the menu, it stops working. When I try to select a different audio device to use from the Spotify app i just get an error. I tried selecting the HDMI/Analog for Kodi in case they were having issues sharing the same output device, but this doesn't resolve the issue.

It works if I unplug the USB DAC and then do the following:
1. Reselect the integrated HDMI/ANALOG output device while the DAC is disconnected. Select OK
2. Insert the USB DAC again and go back to output device selection, then it will let me pick the DAC again and LibreElec almost instantly shows up on my Spotify app and works again.

I've taken a snippet of the log, the first is the device which seems to register as the default audio device for Spotify, hw:0. The next is the error after rebooting the Pi and it tries to use the USB DAC again and can't find it.

06:53:16.646 T:1961923696  NOTICE: Enumerated ALSA devices:
06:53:16.646 T:1961923696  NOTICE:     Device 1
06:53:16.646 T:1961923696  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : @:CARD=Audio,DEV=0
06:53:16.646 T:1961923696  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : SA9023 USB Audio
06:53:16.646 T:1961923696  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra: Analog
06:53:16.646 T:1961923696  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
06:53:16.646 T:1961923696  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL,FR
06:53:16.646 T:1961923696  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 48000
06:53:16.646 T:1961923696  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE
06:53:16.646 T:1961923696  NOTICE:         m_streamTypes     : No passthrough capabilities


06:56:29.041 T:1874850720 WARNING: CPythonInvoker(15): Script invoked without an addon. Adding all addon modules installed to python path as fallback. This behaviour will be removed in future version.
06:56:31.074 T:1874850720   ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
                                             - NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
                                            Error Type: <class 'alsaaudio.ALSAAudioError'>
                                            Error Contents: No such file or directory [hw:0]
                                            Traceback (most recent call last):
                                              File "/storage/.kodi/addons/service.spotify-connect-web/wizard.py", line 42, in <module>
                                                mixers = [mixer for mixer in alsa.mixers(cardindex=cardx, device=device)
                                            ALSAAudioError: No such file or directory [hw:0]
                                            -->End of Python script error report<--

I'm at a loss here and I realize this is probably not a priority, though I wanted to be able to use LibreElec hooked up to a sound system to stream spotify headlessly (no HDMI), so this kinda sucks

has anyone managed to get the song title displayed in Kodi?

You can access the folder as a network share from another computer, just make sure Samba is activated from Libreelec. Accessing LibreELEC - LibreELEC

Quote from aw32

ok so the problem should be the missing app key. Since Spotify take so long or maybe doesnt even send them, is there an other possiblity to get my app key an create the needed data?

I don't know, but I doubt it as this is something that is something Spotify provides.

Quote from aw32

really? otherwise Spotify doenst detect LE in the device list.

No i didnt, still waiting for my key. Could take a few weeks. But other users told me, that its not needed since u can enter username and password. Like the instructions say "optionally...". Or am i getting it wrong?

The username and password is optional, not any of the other steps. I never have bluetooth enabled unless I'm using an external bluetooth device, so I'm not quite sure what's going on there.

Quote from aw32

Hello there,

Sorry for my bad english, im trying my best!

so here is my problem:
I get no output sound over my TV.

I have a PI 3 with the newest LE Version. I made the following steps:
1. activate BT an connect with my iPhone 6s
2. install Spotify Connect Web
3. enter my username and password
4. bit rate on -
5. When i click on configuration ASLA there is only default and sysdefault. Mixer ist set on PCM. There is no other possibility.
6. Playback Route is set von auto detect

On my iPhone Spotify detects LE and is able to connect, But there is no sound ... I also tryed to change my audio output in the kodi settings but still doenst work.
I also dont understand how to check port 4000 like the instructions tells me to.

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BT is not needed unless you're using a BT speaker. Did you do step 2 and 3 from the original post?