Snakeoil Firmware - 1.1.1 (Blind Testing Update 1)

[agent_kith]

Introduction
It's been more than 3 months since the release of Blind Testing. Where has the time gone ? I'm not too sure myself seriously.
 

   

Anyway, HQPlayer. This update fixed up the OS and allows you to install and run the latest version of HQPlayer now. However, I am not sure if registration is working properly (I have a report that this doesn't). As I cannot test this myself, I hope I can get more people to test this and with more information, find out the problem. Maybe I'm still missing a package, not too sure at the moment. Overall the system feels even more responsible, which I hope to translate into better audio quality (we shall see).

And, I have finally fixed the Windows sharing problem (when you are trying to mount a share without a password).

In the next update (Blind Testing Update 2), I am going to concentrate on adding more MPD support - including adding the new version of MPD that supports Tidal and Qobuz, as well as the ability to choose different web clients, and finally the ability to customise the folder art.

Same old story. Please support us on Patreon if you like what we're doing (for as little as $1 USD a month): 
 

Downloads
  snakeoil-1.1.1-armv7l.fw (Size: 11.68 MB / Downloads: 25) (SHA1: 4deb88642fc952c80d196a11f867419e8f5a30a1)
  snakeoil-1.1.1-i686.fw (Size: 12.31 MB / Downloads: 27) (SHA1: ced8e1c45ae234d0c64ce9b49e512aa88890758c)
  snakeoil-1.1.1-x86_64.fw (Size: 12.58 MB / Downloads: 165) (SHA1: 1162d333a0e62a680f0027d3fd54886457003795)


Changelog

• 0000254: [web-service] Fix issue where MC23 isn't working with CPU set
  
• 0000257: [players] Update HQPlayer to 3.25.1-81 (amd64 edition only)
  
• 0000260: [players] Can't start upmpdcli if mpd-v20 isn't running before.
  
• 0000267: [web-service] Do not query USB status when displaying Snakeoil console (e.g. during software install/uninstall)
  
• 0000263: [web-service] Implement a check and only install HQplayer and NAA if the CPU supports SSE4.2 and above
  
• 0000261: [web-app] Include additional audio information when generating diagnostics file
  
• 0000243: [web-app] Add display DMESG output in system menu
  
• 0000265: [web-service] Fixed bug where install/uninstall is not trapping error codes
  
• 0000259: [players] Add RoonBridge support to intel 32 bit edition and ARM
  
• 0000256: [web-app] Include MIT license and make it visible somewhere
  
• 0000255: [web-app] Updated uhubctl to v2.0.0-20-gde2c (Support more USB controllers)
  
• 0000258: [web-app] Fix broken CIFS authorisation (Cannot mount password protected Windows shares)
  
• 0000249: [web-app] Fix bugs in networking interface
  
• 0000252: [web-service] Fix Samba/CIFS mounting when share does not have a user password
  

[agent_kith]

Anybody has problems with the Blind Testing Update 1 release? Please post it here and I'd look at 'em later today. Thanks.

[Mivera]

Anybody has problems with the Blind Testing Update 1 release? Please post it here and I'd look at 'em later today. Thanks.

Thanks Agent Kith! I'll test out for you over the next couple of days and let you know if all is well.

[Mivera]

I'm unable to start Hqplayer 3.25.1 with Blind testing 1.1.1. I'm getting these errors when trying to install:

[agent_kith]

Hmm. Interesting, seems the order of installing is random. I'd re-work the install script and see if I can make it more consistent. Will let you know once I have something ready to test.

Hopefully when you have HQPlayer installed, help me verify if the LICENSE XML file can be applied or not. There may still be a problem there. I don't really want to move to Ubuntu 18.02 LTS so early in the life cycle (that's not what the LTS is meant for).

[agent_kith]

I'm unable to start Hqplayer 3.25.1 with Blind testing 1.1.1. I'm getting these errors when trying to install:

Hi Mivera, did the install download a whole bunch of deb files prior to installing HQPlayer? I did a fresh install of 1.1.0, then update to 1.1.1 and then install HQPlayer. Everything works.

Can you try the install again, and then cut and paste the entire console output and put it here? Thanks.

[agent_kith]

Hi Mivera, did the install download a whole bunch of deb files prior to installing HQPlayer? I did a fresh install of 1.1.0, then update to 1.1.1 and then install HQPlayer. Everything works.

I did a 1.1.0 install, then install HQPlayer, then go to 1.1.1. And curiously HQPlayer disappeared. Maybe that's the problem. Will try and find out the cause problem and release a fix for it in Update 2.

[Mivera]

Hi Mivera, did the install download a whole bunch of deb files prior to installing HQPlayer? I did a fresh install of 1.1.0, then update to 1.1.1 and then install HQPlayer. Everything works.

I did a 1.1.0 install, then install HQPlayer, then go to 1.1.1. And curiously HQPlayer disappeared. Maybe that's the problem. Will try and find out the cause problem and release a fix for it in Update 2.


Sounds good I will await your update. 

[Mivera]

Sorry posted in the other thread. Any updates on this? My HQP is broken now so my system is down unless I use Windows.

[agent_kith]

Sorry posted in the other thread. Any updates on this? My HQP is broken now so my system is down unless I use Windows.

See other request for a quick fix. Also, now that you mentioned Windows, once you get HQPlayer up and running again, can you mind share your thoughts on HQPlayer's audio qualities between Windows vs Linux..

I'm trying to see if I can build a new machine (yes, with the latest modern UEFI)  and then try HQPlayer on a powerful Threadripper with NAA bridge on my PC, and hopefully running on a pure IPv6 stack. Any thoughts you have will help me design my way forward.