Project with PeppyMeter/PeppySpectrum Screensaver Plugin for VOLUMIO

[Rochambeaux]

Thanks - that’s what I thought re: Peppy and resolution but keep getting the blackouts. I’ll try another fresh from scratch install.

Is this the correct order to install everything?

1. Touch Screen PlugIn
2. Now Playing Plugin
3. Peppy Meters Plugin (manual process from Gelo5 here Project with PeppyMeter/PeppySpectrum Screensaver Plugin for VOLUMIO - #741 by Gelo5)
4. Peppy-Spectrum Plugin

Once done, what is the coordination for “timing” between Touch Screen, Now Playing and Peppy?

I feel like it’s Highlander - there can only be one - that controls what gets displayed when.

[Gelo5]

Always Touchplugin first. Then it doesn’t matter what.
Just remember that I wrote about the Now playing+Peppy combination -if they are to be visible simultaneously. If you want to have Peppy (Meter or Spectrum) in full screen - turn on your resolution in Peepy

Project with PeppyMeter/PeppySpectrum Screensaver Plugin for VOLUMIO

How to install Peppymeter Screensaver correctly (Raspberry)? Devices needed: *Raspberry Pi 3 or 4 or 5 *SD card, preferably fast, 32GB or larger Additionally: *Internet connection *monitor (preferably HDMI) *external DAC or Raspberry shield Extra: Volumio app - for your system for Android for iOS Needed programs (for your platform): BALENA Filezilla Putty Volumio image Original Volumio image let’s start: Download the original volumio image (.zip) Unpack on your comp…

At the end of the post you have the settings

[Rochambeaux]

Fantastic - really appreciate the help.

These are probably dumb Texas Country Boy questions:

If Peppy is in fullscreen then the Inactive Screen in Now Playing is redundant?
What’s the difference between Peppy Screen Saver and Peppy Spectrum?

[Wheaten]

It doesn’t hurt to do a bit of reading in this topic…

[Gelo5]

Peppyscreen - plugin from @2aCD (also includes spectrum - 20 bars)
Peppyspectrum - plugin from @balbuze (different number of bars)
The basis of both is work @peppy.player
additionally:
cleaning in the topic: @Wheaten
most talkative in the topic: @Gelo5 and @Wheaten
best video in the topic: @naimnatnod and @dc2geeks

[michel8166]

@Roberto_Grieco I replaced my Raspberry Pi 4 for a Pi5 and now everything works fine.
I haven’t changed anything else in the setup other than the raspberry.

how is this possible.
In this setup I no longer have to upsample via FusionDSP Spotify also works well with the old 4.0.5 Spotify version and the new 4.1.0. nice work
what still needs to be done is "dtoverlay=hifiberry-dacplus
" in the boot/userconfig.txt Because of this.

[3.616] I2S DAC Master Mode No Longer Available with RPi3B/4B & Hifiberry DAC+ Pro

Prerequisites Volumio Information Volumio Version: 3.616 Hardware: RPi3B,4B DAC: Hifiberry dac+ Pro Debug Log Steps to Reproduce Perform a clean install of Volumio 3.616 on my RPi3B or RPi4B Select and configure the "HiFiBerry DAC+ Pro" as the I2S DAC, and reboot. The DAC is operating in the undesirable I2S Slave Mode, not the I2S Master Mode. Even after reconfiguring the DAC Model, the result is the same. Additional Information Here is the last line of /boot/config.txt immedia…

so with a raspberry pi3 and 4 it doesn’t work with peppy meter in my setup.

setup
ian canada isolator II
ian FifoPi Ma 1.5.
ian ess saber mkII
ian IV output transformers.

[Rochambeaux]

Trust me I have. Many of these topics are years old and bits are buried at various stages. I really appreciate the work, time and effort put into these community projects but as a paid service I think Volumio should “curate” them to some degree to make it easier for the more “casual” csutoemrs they have.

[dc2geeks]

@Gelo5

most talkative in the topic: @Gelo5 and @Wheaten

can I add this "most talkative and also most helpful in the topic: @Gelo5 and @Wheaten

[Peter_Molenaar]

I updated to version 3.703 and PeppyMeter version 2.2.1 . Peppymeter works fine with Webradio, but the needles won’t move when listening to Spotify. It worked fine before the updates. Did I miss something?

[Gelo5]

Have you set up Spotify integration in Peppymeter?
Spotify - 4.1.0 (New ver)

[Peter_Molenaar]

Yes, I have. I can play music from Spotify, it’s just the meters that don’t move

[Gelo5]

What version of Peppyscreen did you upgrade from to 2.2.1? Did you do a clean installation?

[Peter_Molenaar]

It was a clean install

[Gelo5]

Hmmm, does it show: cover, artist, etc.? Does Peppymeter work properly on other sources? the only thing that comes to my mind - something either in the settings (Alsa)

or something was loaded incorrectly.

[Peter_Molenaar]

Peppymeter works properly on Webradio, the only other source I use. With Spotify, it shows the selected meter, nothing else. New discovery is that when pausing or stopping (regardless of source) I get ‘artifacts’, like this:

[Gelo5]

Moment, moment - what resolution are you using?
show full screen

[Peter_Molenaar]

1920x480 resolution

[Peter_Molenaar]

Full screen (webradio, paused)

[Gelo5]

one more thing: where are the skins loaded?

[Peter_Molenaar]

skins are loaded here: