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Post by John on Nov 12, 2017 17:16:50 GMT
I get a mounted error when I try to sink with pi
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Post by MartinT on Nov 12, 2017 20:52:35 GMT
Go back to basics - put one music file on a different USB stick and see if that works. Then use a process of elimination.
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Post by John on Nov 13, 2017 5:15:35 GMT
With regards to the USB input I think one is faulty as tried a different input and managed to get decent sounds from my files Not quite up with the SOTM but if not being critical very decent
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Post by MartinT on Nov 13, 2017 6:50:47 GMT
If you can make a network share the files will probably sound better.
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Post by John on Nov 13, 2017 9:33:46 GMT
Been trying but still have a mount error issue everytime I try from the pc
On my bt hub it sees the files but doesn't play them Will keep trying as like it to reach the heights of the SOtM
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Post by Clive on Nov 13, 2017 16:51:29 GMT
Humour me....I'm confused. Are you trying to mount the disk in the PC on the Pi? Do you have a standalone USB disk drive you can plug into the Pi or router?
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Post by MartinT on Nov 13, 2017 18:02:39 GMT
Clive, the issue is that the Pi's USB interface is ok but not great.
What John is trying to do is share files from his PC. He needs to set up the folder as a share and give it permissions (giving Everyone read permissions is often fine for music files). Then he needs to get his Pi to access the IP address of the PC, give it the folder name and it should work and start indexing the contents.
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Post by Clive on Nov 13, 2017 18:21:24 GMT
Clive, the issue is that the Pi's USB interface is ok but not great. What John is trying to do is share files from his PC. He needs to set up the folder as a share and give it permissions (giving Everyone read permissions is often fine for music files). Then he needs to get his Pi to access the IP address of the PC, give it the folder name and it should work and start indexing the contents. OK, I can understand that a network share from Windows will be "fun" with the Pi, I know the Pi USB is very much frowned upon and I'd concurr in terms of connecting a DAC (and disk + DAC on USB at the same time would be even worse). For files though I've struggled to hear a difference vs a disk served from from my router. Maybe the stories of the Pi sounding bad with USB disks were pre the Pi 3? I've been using a USB drive for well over a year, it's powered by the Pi and hasn't missed a beat or been noisy in any way. I suppose I just want a simple life nowadays! |
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Post by MartinT on Nov 13, 2017 18:32:07 GMT
Actually I have to say that John's Pi with DigiOne sounded superb from a USB drive connected locally when we had it on my system, so I would agree that the Pi 3 seems to have sorted USB. I also admit that my Pi 2 with USB wi-fi dongle is doing a supreme job, so it's not just any use of USB.
For me, however, I'm looking forward to receiving my Pi 3 and running it with no USB peripherals at all. I'll put my very few hi-res files on a share but mostly won't bother with local files.
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Post by Clive on Nov 13, 2017 19:16:43 GMT
My only experience is with a Pi 3 with it's integrated wi-fi. I suppose any contention on the USB, ie with a USB wi-fi dongle could be an issue coupled with a Pi 2 being less powerful.
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Post by John on Nov 13, 2017 19:22:49 GMT
I might start to share pictures of what I been trying as I must be making some basic mistakes
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Post by John on Nov 13, 2017 19:26:02 GMT
I just ordered aa new SSD external drive 1tb to connect to the pi
Memory has gotten very cheap
I still like to have the network set up so I can hear for myself Think no issue with the file being able to share s works with the SOtM |
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Post by John on Nov 13, 2017 19:51:10 GMT
www.flickr.com/photos/152435958@N03/ This is what the page looks like when I go to My Music on the pi Says no network drives found I was calling it Rasp Pi Music in Alias With NAS Drive I am not sure if I m getting this right I tried the pc Ip address where the music is stored and did a command prompt using IPV4. Both did not work Path I just called Music s that's the name of the folder |
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Post by MartinT on Nov 13, 2017 20:47:57 GMT
Where's the IP address of your NAS and the path in that screenshot?
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Post by John on Nov 13, 2017 21:44:44 GMT
I did search for my Ip address and used that
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Post by MartinT on Nov 14, 2017 2:58:23 GMT
John, let's walk through the share process.
Right-click the folder you want to give the Pi access to
It's best if this is a root folder in your C: drive as you avoid folder depth issues
in Windows 10, click Give access to | Specific people...
Then type EVERYONE and click Add
It should default to Read permission
Click Share and you will have setup a share folder.
Open Explorer in another computer and type \\COMPUTERNAME (use the share computer's name shown in Control Panel | System)
If asked for credentials, give the username and password of the share computer
Do you see the share folder?
Now type \\IPADDRESS (use the share computer's IP address)
Do you see the same share folder?
If successful, you've setup your share folder. Use the IP address and share folder name shown, and the username and password for credentials.
If any of the above doesn't work, fix it before trying with the Pi.
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Post by John on Nov 14, 2017 4:52:12 GMT
Thanks Martin I try Wednesday as working late tonight
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Post by steveeb on Nov 14, 2017 10:25:34 GMT
I just ordered aa new SSD external drive 1tb to connect to the pi
Memory has gotten very cheap
I still like to have the network set up so I can hear for myself Think no issue with the file being able to share s works with the SOtM Which SSD did you get John? I did get a small improvement using a decent flash drive but I have to be very careful with the physical location of my Buffalo and where I plug the damn wall wart to avoid a negative effect. |
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Post by John on Nov 14, 2017 21:33:59 GMT
I got Toshiba I let you know how it goes
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Post by MartinT on Nov 15, 2017 17:06:22 GMT
John I've just tested my BT Home Hub's USB socket as a music server and it works fine. All I had to do was copy a load of music files to a USB stick and plug it in. In Volumio, I added a new NAS drive called Hub with IP address of 192.168.1.254 (the default) and folder called music (what I named the USB volume to after formatting it). It scanned and plays the music no problem. I can also see it and copy more files to it from any machine by pointing Explorer to \\192.168.1.254\music
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