Project with PeppyMeter Screensaver Plugin for VOLUMIO v2.9xx and 3.0xx buster

Volumio Development
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Thank you

Is it possible to turn the plugin on and off via a script?

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What do you need it for? Can be turned on and off like any plug.

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I want to control it with a hardware button

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Successfully installed Peppymeter on both my Rpi 3b+.
Both pi’s have same issue - when running in random or list mode after about 10 mins the display freezes and the touchscreen is unresponsive.

Would I be right in thinking this is due to lack of memory in Rpi 3 ?
Works fine if I select an individual VU meter.

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No, with some skins - it stops (random). It’s not RPI 3’s fault.

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Did you install it as the plugin from posting 7 of this topic?

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You’ve installed:

  1. Touch display?
  2. Peppy?
  3. Didn’t change the default Volumio password?
  4. Installed the screen on:
    image

If so,

  1. please do a factory reset, update to the latest version, enable SSH
  2. Reboot
  3. If you use Spotify/Qobuz/Tidal install/enable them
  4. Install Touch Display (leave all settings to default)
  5. Reboot
  6. Install Peppy_meter
  7. Set the Peppy_meter “Screensaver Timeout” to 5 seconds(avoid long waiting times for testing)
  8. Reboot

When peppy works, you can add other plugins.

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Maybe first write what kind of monitor it is? 5.5 "- resolution? Chinese or other?
It looks like you need to edit userconfig / config and you’ll be fine.
Connected via miniHDMI?
Did you do as @Wheaten wrote? Starts automatically?

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It looks like mobile phone @Gelo5 with some tape :stuck_out_tongue:

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Mobile display 1920x1080

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Try to add to userconfig.txt
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=87
hdmi_cvt 1920 1080 60 3 0 0 0
hdmi_drive=2

and reboot

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What doesn’t start automatically? Peppymeter or the whole volumio?
Still image too big?

Add one more like this:

sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
set: PermitRootLogin yes and reboot

userconfig.txt: ONLY this
disable_overscan=1
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=87
hdmi_cvt 1920 1080 60 3 0 0 0
hdmi_drive=2

In Peppymeter set: custom_4 (1920x1080)

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Is the problem that volumio is to big or peppy meter or both.

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And all clear. I was looking for why the skin does not fit the screen - and this is your skin. Ah …

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Wheaten

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Did you install it as the plugin from posting 7 of this topic?

Yes, I installed from the plugin without issues

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Here is my screen, as luck would have it also an advance acoustic :slight_smile:

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A really fly setup :slight_smile:

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Very cool setup!
Do you run a stand-alone PeppyMeter on the left/right blocks? How do you send the VU Meter signal from the player to the left/right blocks?
Thanks!

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@peppy.player

I think the left and right boxes are “Advance Acoustics X-A220EVO”

So that’s a big compliment for the build Volumio case :smile:

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Oops, the player box really looks very similar to those commercial boxes. Though costs much less I believe :slight_smile:

Actually the PeppyMeter can send a VU Meter signal over a local network using the HTTP protocol. In a fast local network the lag is almost negligible. So, theoretically the same setup could be done using the PeppyMeter as a source on the player box and running stand-alone PeppyMeter application on other boxes. Each box would need a Pi and a local network connection.