Hi all, newbie here so please forgive me if i ask stupid or common questions that maybe found elsewhere in this forum, I get a bit excited at times and don't like reading hundreds of pages to find what I'm looking for.... just need the facts!

Anyway, I have a dedicated audio PC that is currently setup with JRiver and AudioOptimise but I've been reading really good thins about SnakeOil so thinking I should give it a go. I didn't build this PC but I know the basic's pf building a machine. This has a SSD for the OS and separate HDD for the music, SoTm USB card.

My thoughts are to get another SSD for this new OS so I can leave the AO drive setup so I can swap if required.

So, what do I need? Whats the first step (apart from putting in a blank SSD). 

Appreciate any help, as I say - know a little and the saying is that can be dangerous......

Cheers Dave

Introduction
It's been nearly half a year since the last update, to be honest, the motivation just isn't there as there's lots of things happening. The world is a very different place in 2020. From the HK riots, HK police brutality against civlians and now to the SARS-CoV-2 pandamic. People in jails, hospitals, ICUs, and even death. Yes, people die everyday, but what is happening now is very different. While it's not exactly true we have lost our innocence overnight, what has transpired in the past few months is close enough!

This is a new world era, and there's nothing much we can do about it. In the mean time, I hope this little update will bring some joy to what could well be some very depressing months ahead.

While it didn't look like much. The whole computing infrastructure has changed behind the scence, twice! Biggest change of course is to use gitlab for bug tracking. The whole system just makes more sense. Hope it'll all work out.


Download

  snakeoil-1.1.9-armv7l.fw (Size: 12.56 MB / Downloads: 9)
(RaspBerry Pi Edition. SHA1: 543424ce3c50a85c4a54598137049dbf47097fa1)


  snakeoil-1.1.9-i686.fw (Size: 13.33 MB / Downloads: 3)
(32 bits edition. SHA1: dbecb89a39addbfdec20c69ccaf9959914396e80)


  snakeoil-1.1.9-x86_64.fw (Size: 13.28 MB / Downloads: 24)
(64 bits edition. SHA1: 02a1ca8bcf78119bc720237cc141ac4d27d4bfb9)


Changelog

• support-software · Update myMPD from v3.3.1 to v6.2.3
  
• music-players · Update MPD-21 to 21.22
  
• snakeoil-ngx · Fix problems with "Save" button - remains disabled when modifying network settings
  
• snakeoil-rest · Fixed bug where "run" is show when assigning static DNS configuration
  
• snakeoil-build · Move Pi building file system off to NAS (reduce wear and tear on micro sd card)
  
• snakeoil-ngx · Fix problem when disabling a NIC will disable all NIC
  
• snakeoil-rest · Escape special characters in Web App File Browser
  
• snakeoil-rest · Fix problem when modifying network configuration returns "Error - not a string"
  

Hi

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this.  I can't seem to find a way to display my albums in a grid view.  The only view possible seems to be a text list of artists which makes browsing my library somewhat difficult.  Is this feature missing because SnakeOil uses an older version of MyMPD or am I doing something wrong?  It is possible to update to the latest MyMPD or is that not such a great idea?

Thanks
GP

Using the 32bit snakeoil on two different machines (one gigabyte ga-3050n-d2p and one intel dn2800mt motherboard) I experience the following:

The volume output through an ESI gigaport HD+ DAC is very low. Using either machine though a Hegel H80 integrated DAC the level is normally loud. ALSA mixer is set to 100% in all cases. Have also tried different USB cables.

Plugging a Windows PC into the gigaport DAC the output is as loud as you’d expect, so the DAC CAN indeed output a ‘normal’ signal, but doesn’t with the snakeoil machines connected.

Is there anything in Snakeoil OS that could cause one DAC but not another to interpret the signal as being lower in volume?

The Gigaport DAC may off course be faulty in which case this is not a Snakeoil issue. Before I buy another one to test that option I thought I’d post a question here.

Edit: I should add that I do know of others people who successfully use this DAC with these motherboards and Snakeoil OS without experiencing similar issues. So it’s not a fundamental compatibility issue.

My MPD Android client MPDroid, was set to download cover locally on port 80 and snakeoil machine adress eg http://192.168.2.15/music and doesn't work - no cover,  also naming scheme is correct - folder.jpg.

How to enable de-emphasis in playback of pre emphasised wav files - early first pressing cds, for example Michael Jackson and Abba.