Please try the new version: piCorePlayer 1.15b. I really hope those of you having trouble with your USB cards will find this version better.
Changes Updated the Raspberry Pi firmware to the so-called “Next” branch which should help fixing USB audio problems. Added these start-up command to the cmdline.txt file which enable the new USB driver: dwc_otg.fiq_enable=1 dwc_otg.fiq_fsm_enable=1 dwc_otg.fiq_fsm_mask=0x1 Unfortunately I was unable to use dwc_otg.fiq_fsm_mask=0x7, which should help High-speed isochronous acceleration - it produced constant crackling noise using USB audio.
Please try the new version piCorePlayer 1.15a.
Changes Kernel updated to 3.14.1 - which should have improved USB audio playback? Please report. Added missing firmware for TP-WN725 v2 Wifi adapter - sorry for that. Removed power saving option for Edimax Wifi (8192cu) - so hopefully it will now stay on forever. Fixed the option to skip the Wifi connection during boot if Wifi has been disabled. The pCP Team
Paul, Greg, Ralphy and Steen
Please try the new version piCorePlayer 1.15.
Changes Support for the IQaudIO I2S DAC. Added the power settings suggested by Fiatelis. Added the script provided by Randy for saving the content of Wifi.db if you setup Wifi using the old piCorePlayer script in the config.cfg. Hopefully HDMI will be able to stream up to 192kHZ - will need testing. Kernel updated to version 3.14.0. Added option on the Wifi config web page to disable WiFi.
piCorePlayer 1.14b is ready… get it from the Downloads section.
Changes Minor bug fixed - if you had CODEC in your ALSA settings piCorePlayer would crash - fixed now. A new option. If you provide a configuration file: newconfig.cfg in the FAT partition it will be copied and used for configuration - and then deleted. You can easily add this file to the FAT partition from any computer with a SD card reader.
piCorePlayer 1.14c is ready… get it from the Downloads section.
Changes Bug fix version - a firmware problem with Ralink Wifi adapters The pCP Team
Paul, Greg, Ralphy and Steen
piCorePlayer 1.14d is ready… get it from the Download section.
Changes Fixed a bug with dwc_otg.speed - so there was no effect of the tweak. If you had problems with pops and clicks then the tweak would have had no effect. Please try the new version. Squeezelite updated to version 1.16. Fixed Triode’s download link to version 1.6 - so now both Ralphy’s and Triode’s Squeezelite builds are up to date.
piCorePlayer 1.14a is ready… get it from the Downloads section.
Changes Wifi packages from Tiny Core improved (fixed problem with TP-Link WN725n (Realtek r8188eu firmware)) - thanks to bmarkus from the Tiny Core forum. Fixed that I forgot smsc95xx.turbo_mode=N in cmdline.txt (might improve USB-DAC problems with clicks and pops) Support for a new I2S DAC (Sabre 9023). Thanks to Jean Beauve and Audiophonics for making this possible - (up to 24bit 192kHz) - is playing very nicely on the piCorePlayer.
piCorePlayer 1.14 is ready… get it from the Downloads section.
Changes Kernel updated to 3.13.6 Wifi packages from microcore improved. Wifi script improved in piCorePlayer. Now a space is allowed in SSID name. The pCP Team
Paul, Greg, Ralphy and Steen
piCorePlayer 1.13 is ready… get it from the Downloads section.
Changes Kernel updated to 3.13.3 piCore updated to 5.2 Support for the new HiFiBerryDigi. So now it supports both the analog HiFiBerryDAC as well as the digital HiFiBerryDigi.
The sound quality of piCorePlayer 1.13 and the new HiFiBerryDigi is perfect. I tested it up to 192kHZ Flac.
The pCP Team
Paul, Greg, Ralphy and Steen
piCorePlayer 1.12d is ready… get it from the Downloads section.
It is the same kernel, but has some bugfixes and some nice additions to the web GUI.
Bug fixes Now use dos2unix on the file newconfig.cfg on the USB stick, so that it can be used as config file for piCorePlayer. (Thanks to Gordon for the suggestion). Now saves the newly copied config file from the USB stick, so that it survives a reboot.
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