[How to do instruction] LCD/OLED display using pydPiper

[hcanning]

Wouldn't this be a question for the Pydpiper maintainer?

I guess I was asking to see if anyone here knew of (or had made their own) a solution. Does Moode write to any files anywhere when the state changes, i.e. stopped/playing/artist info/whether spotift connect or airplay is in use etc?

[Tim Curtis]

The COMMAND AND REST API section of the Setup Guide has info on how to get player state.
Theres a link to it on the Download page at moodeaudio.prg

[hcanning]

The COMMAND AND REST API section of the Setup Guide has info on how to get player state.
Theres a link to it on the Download page at moodeaudio.prg

Thanks Tim, I'll take a look.

[Dorffen]

Hi Remy,

Great tutorial, will use this for my project.

Kind regards
Rock

[Dorffen]

Anybody who would like to poke a noob in the right direction…?

I followed the guide and though i encountered some issues, presumably due to lack of knowledge, the test went fine, showing standby time (time is several hours off but i’m not going to use that feature anyway) and the song info when playing.
When i exit the test i have nothing but a black screen. My guess is that…. Something is wrong… :-D
I’ve scrolled back and forth in this thread and whatever i could find with Google.

Raspberry pi 4b 4gb
MoOde audio 9.0.0
IQaudio DAC pro HAT
i2r ssd1306 128x64 OLED


Kind regards
Rock

Edit1 27th May: started from scratch.

[ECELO]

Since version 9 the SSH1106 based Oled display that I used with MPD_Oled no longer works correctly due to some deprecated libraries. Wanting to use PydPiper I have the problem that my SH1106 OLED screen is not supported. Is there any chance to make it work?

[Dorffen]

Update - it seems to work now! Yeah!
If a #1 noob like me can make it work, there’s a good chance anybody are able to. X-D

What I’ve learned:
I don’t know sh.. and even less than that.

Kind regards
Rock

Edit1 29th May: bmfont is a very useful tool if you want to experiment with different and/or larger fonts.

[vgnmnky]

Update - it seems to work now! Yeah!
If a #1 noob like me can make it work, there’s a good chance anybody are able to. X-D

What I’ve learned:
I don’t know sh.. and even less than that.

Kind regards
Rock

Edit1 29th May: bmfont is a very useful tool if you want to experiment with different and/or larger fonts.

Regarding large fonts, did you find/create a large font for the clock (when paused)?  I tried to replace the default BigFont with the other large font in pydPiper/displays/fonts, Vintl01, but it doesn't render properly (some sections are rendered as question marks).  All I tried was changing the file name in the pages file.  Everything else works fine.  An option for an even larger font, so the clock fills my 20x4 display, would be great too.  Anyone managed this? 

Thanks for the discussion and tips on this thread, got it working nicely, apart from the above.  Will take a look at the bmfont tool as well.

[Dorffen]

Update - it seems to work now! Yeah!
If a #1 noob like me can make it work, there’s a good chance anybody are able to. X-D

What I’ve learned:
I don’t know sh.. and even less than that.

Kind regards
Rock

Edit1 29th May: bmfont is a very useful tool if you want to experiment with different and/or larger fonts.

Regarding large fonts, did you find/create a large font for the clock (when paused)?  I tried to replace the default BigFont with the other large font in pydPiper/displays/fonts, Vintl01, but it doesn't render properly (some sections are rendered as question marks).  All I tried was changing the file name in the pages file.  Everything else works fine.  An option for an even larger font, so the clock fills my 20x4 display, would be great too.  Anyone managed this? 

Thanks for the discussion and tips on this thread, got it working nicely, apart from the above.  Will take a look at the bmfont tool as well.

Hi,

I searched and tried different fonts, all which had to be transformed to a different font format and size before i finally found one that suited my needs.
Unfortunately, i haven’t tinkered much with the clock as i don’t use that feature. I only have the current song when playing and paused, and ready song when stopped - that’s all i really need.
I did setup a welcome and goodbye screen too tho.

Kind regards
Rock

[vgnmnky]

Update - it seems to work now! Yeah!
If a #1 noob like me can make it work, there’s a good chance anybody are able to. X-D

What I’ve learned:
I don’t know sh.. and even less than that.

Kind regards
Rock

Edit1 29th May: bmfont is a very useful tool if you want to experiment with different and/or larger fonts.

Regarding large fonts, did you find/create a large font for the clock (when paused)?  I tried to replace the default BigFont with the other large font in pydPiper/displays/fonts, Vintl01, but it doesn't render properly (some sections are rendered as question marks).  All I tried was changing the file name in the pages file.  Everything else works fine.  An option for an even larger font, so the clock fills my 20x4 display, would be great too.  Anyone managed this? 

Thanks for the discussion and tips on this thread, got it working nicely, apart from the above.  Will take a look at the bmfont tool as well.

Hi,

I searched and tried different fonts, all which had to be transformed to a different font format and size before i finally found one that suited my needs.
Unfortunately, i haven’t tinkered much with the clock as i don’t use that feature. I only have the current song when playing and paused, and ready song when stopped - that’s all i really need.
I did setup a welcome and goodbye screen too tho.

Kind regards
Rock

Can I ask how you managed to get a different font to work? I've been trying for many hours with different fonts, software, online generators, conversions, sizes, monotype, everything, and haven't once managed to make a new font render properly. No errors in logs, just incomplete characters, even though the png looks fine, the .fnt refers to it, and the pages file points to the .fnt file. The developer said it was due to characters being missing in the font, but they're in the png, and it's the same issue with one of his fonts.