PeppySpectrum - The plugin!

gvida · December 1, 2023, 5:55pm

point 1 done
point 3 name is Peppyspectrum or PeppySpectrum ?

Gelo5 · December 1, 2023, 5:57pm

It doesn’t matter what it’s called.I have PeppySpectrum
@balbuze - PW

gvida · December 1, 2023, 6:04pm

same issue

volumio@volumio:~/PeppySpectrum$ volumio plugin install

This command will install the plugin on your device

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This plugin is not verified by Volumio. Installing it is UNSAFE and can make your system UNSTABLE!
You are STRONGLY advised not to install plugins manually, better wait they are officially available.

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? Do you want to install this plugin anyway? Yes
Compressing the plugin
No modules found, running "npm install"
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
npm WARN peppyspectrum@0.0.8 No repository field.

Plugin succesfully compressed
Progress: 10
Status :Downloading plugin
nloading plugin at http://127.0.0.1:3000/plugin-serve/peppyspectrum.zip
Progress: 30
Status :Creating install location
Creating install location
Progress: 40
Status :Unpacking plugin
Unpacking plugin
Progress: 45
Status :Checking that the plugin is suitable for this version of Volumio The plugin can be used with this version of Volumio
Checking that the plugin is suitable for this version of Volumio The plugin can be used with this version of Volumio
Progress: 50
Status :Checking for duplicate plugin
Checking for duplicate plugin
Progress: 60
Status :Copying plugin to location
Copying plugin to location
Progress: 70
Status :Installing necessary utilities
Installing necessary utilities
Progress: 70
Status :An error occurred while installing the plugin Error
Installing peppyalsa plugin dependencies
Progress: 70
Status :Installing necessary utilities
Installing peppyalsa plugin dependencies
Progress: 70
Status :An error occurred while installing the plugin Error
etc/systemd/system/peppyspectrum.service
Progress: 70
Status :Installing necessary utilities
etc/systemd/system/peppyspectrum.service
Progress: 70
Status :An error occurred while installing the plugin Error
Hit:1 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster InRelease
Progress: 70
Status :An error occurred while installing the plugin Error
Hit:2 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster InRelease
Progress: 70
Status :Installing necessary utilities
Hit:1 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster InRelease
Progress: 70
Status :Installing necessary utilities
Hit:2 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster InRelease
Progress: 70
Status :An error occurred while installing the plugin Error
Get:3 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_14.x buster InRelease [4584 B]
Progress: 70
Status :Installing necessary utilities
Get:3 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_14.x buster InRelease [4584 B]
Progress: 70
Status :An error occurred while installing the plugin Error
Fetched 4584 B in 1s (3588 B/s)
Progress: 70
Status :Installing necessary utilities
Fetched 4584 B in 1s (3588 B/s)
Progress: 70
Status :An error occurred while installing the plugin Error
Reading package lists...
Progress: 70
Status :Installing necessary utilities
Reading package lists...
Progress: 70
Status :An error occurred while installing the plugin Error
cloning peppyspectrum repo
Progress: 70
Status :Installing necessary utilities
cloning peppyspectrum repo
Progress: 70
Status :An error occurred while installing the plugin Error
installing apt packages
Progress: 70
Status :Installing necessary utilities
installing apt packages
Progress: 70
Status :An error occurred while installing the plugin Error
Reading package lists...
Progress: 70
Status :Installing necessary utilities
Reading package lists...
Progress: 70
Status :An error occurred while installing the plugin Error
Building dependency tree...
Progress: 70
Status :Installing necessary utilities
Building dependency tree...
Progress: 70
Status :An error occurred while installing the plugin Error
Reading state information...
Progress: 70
Status :Installing necessary utilities
Reading state information...
Progress: 70
Status :An error occurred while installing the plugin Error
python3 is already the newest version (3.7.3-1).
Progress: 70
Status :An error occurred while installing the plugin Error
python3-pygame is already the newest version (1.9.4.post1+dfsg-3).
Progress: 70
Status :An error occurred while installing the plugin Error
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 79 not upgraded.
Progress: 70
Status :Installing necessary utilities
python3 is already the newest version (3.7.3-1).
Progress: 70
Status :Installing necessary utilities
python3-pygame is already the newest version (1.9.4.post1+dfsg-3).
Progress: 70
Status :Installing necessary utilities
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 79 not upgraded.
Progress: 0
Status :An error occurred while installing the plugin Error
An error occurred while installing the plugin Error
Failed to Install Plugin

[Wheaten] Cleaned the layout to keep it readable.

Gelo5 · December 1, 2023, 6:08pm

Impossible, what version of volumio do you have?
Only @balbuze can help here

balbuze · December 1, 2023, 6:18pm

…
can you check internet connectivity

volumio endpointstest

balbuze · December 12, 2023, 6:18pm

Hello!
PeppySpectrum is now available in the plugin store (beta).
What’s in ?

custom Spectrum
custom resolution
custom Spectrum size (number of bars)

In a very easy way. Just drop the folder with your custom Spectrum in the shared folder
/INTERNAL/PeppySpectrum/Templates/
with the naming convention :
myspectrum(weightxhighxnnumberofbars) ex : metal(800x600x30)
Number of bars can be omitted, then default is 30.
As it is always pleasant to have ready to use nice Spectrums, our best creator, @Gelo5 did it!
Warning : it’s beta
Known issue : does not work with software volume mixer!

balbuze · December 12, 2023, 6:18pm

Gelo5 (1920x1080x13).zip (5.1 MB)
Gelo5 (1920x1080x30).zip (6.8 MB)
Gelo5 (1920x1080x55).zip (8.7 MB)
Gelo5 (800x480x30).zip (5.5 MB)
Gelo5 (1280x400x30).zip (6.9 MB)

James_McLean · December 20, 2023, 5:44pm

@gvida did you ever get yours working, I had same issue, then followed the newer install steps and I’m now back to the first issue you had of pygame window showing, it changes colors as its trying to rotate to random templates, biut never any bars and the music is 50/50 to play out the speaker or not, I’m about to use a new SD card and build a new Volumio install and see if its something with all the CLI level playing I did or not, but wanted to see if you ever found the issue?

balbuze · December 20, 2023, 6:19pm

do you use software volume mixer in volumio settings?
It doesn’t work in that case
Did you install rom the store?

James_McLean · December 20, 2023, 6:31pm

no was set to hardware… I think my issue is I have been experimenting with the image from CLI and trrying to do some funky SSL stuff., I 've got a new SD card with Volumio installed just need to crack the case open to swap them out and do a nice clean install, expect it to go fine…

James_McLean · December 20, 2023, 7:31pm

Dang, not working I get
[Error Failed to open “alsa” (alsa). Failed to open alsa device “volumio” no such device] when the plugin is enabled. wonder if its my DAC HAT causing issues, I tried unselecting it back to headphones and same, once I disble the PeppySpectum plugin it plays, when enabled I get failed start ASLA, this is a clean install of Volumio, with only the MD_OLED, Touch screen , now Playing and Peppyspectrum plugins installed… any thoughts on the DAC causing issues?

Gelo5 · December 20, 2023, 8:00pm

Disable Multiroom (Source), Mixer type: none or hardware (does not work with software). I currently have 5 installations and they all work (the latest beta version of Volumio on all)

James_McLean · December 20, 2023, 8:10pm

do you have a HAT DAC installed on any?

Gelo5 · December 20, 2023, 8:10pm

Yes, PI2aes x2, Allo x1, external Dac x2

James_McLean · December 20, 2023, 8:20pm

thanks that helps… I’ll keep digging, volumio is being a little wierd in general with this install, maybe a bad flash, … appreciate all the feedback

Gelo5 · December 20, 2023, 8:28pm

additionally set:

James_McLean · December 21, 2023, 12:02am

Thanks so much @Gelo5 … I finally tweakked and tweaked and got the windows to pop up but did not function, just the window. I’m going try a few more builds I remeber I had to flash the SD card several times to get the MD_OLED plugin to finally work. I really like this plugin and hope to get it working. I got this new Raspberry PI 4 just for volumio project. Oh I took the time to puill the DAC HAT just to rule it out, had same issue following the steps below.

Made new SD card of Volumio
installed in Raspberry PI 4
logged into web page of Volumio and completed setup wizard.
installed Tounch screen Plugin (enabled)
Installed Now playing Plugin (enabled)
ensured Multiroom (Source) was disabled.
Mixer type: Hardware and set general playback options as pointed out.
turned on Test Plugins on the Dev page
installed the peppyspectrum plugin (ver 0.13) from the volumio plugin list (enabled)
10 rebooted the Raspberry Pi
waited for fully boot up
12 tried to play song from library (source is USB drive)
get “Error Failed to open “alsa” (alsa). Failed to open alsa device “volumio” no such device”
14 on a lark installed FusionDSP plugin and enabled and no longer get the error in step 13, and got the window to pop and it would change colors every X minutes, and song time bar was moving (no audio).
Turned off PeppySpectrum plugin and got sound out the headphone jack.

I’m sure I’m missing something minor here. but I’m determined to figure it out

Oh I did notice at one point my song would play for about 10 sec then auto skip tio the next song, this was happening over and over which makes me think its something with the volumio image, seems sometimes it takes 2-3 flashes to get a stable one…

James_McLean · December 21, 2023, 12:20am

yes from the store

dvo · December 21, 2023, 7:11am

don’t know what balbuze already could fix,
but with FusionDSP plugin will this not work next to it read this post of balBuze creator of peppySpectrum: