audio:volumio_tips
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Next revision | Previous revision | ||
audio:volumio_tips [2024/04/19 20:11] – created mithat | audio:volumio_tips [2024/04/20 16:30] (current) – [On-screen keyboard] mithat | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
====== Volumio tips ====== | ====== Volumio tips ====== | ||
- | For my music server and streaming needs, I'm currently using Volumio 3 on a Raspberry Pi 3 with the official Raspberry Pi touchscreen. Here are some configurations tips I'm employing. | + | For my music server and streaming needs, I'm currently using Volumio 3 on a Raspberry Pi 3 with the official Raspberry Pi touchscreen.((Given that Volumio 3 is running on Debian 10, which [[https:// |
===== Power-off button ===== | ===== Power-off button ===== | ||
One of the biggest gripes about the Rasperry Pi is the poor out-of-the-box support it has for a power button. However, not a lot of people know that the Raspberry Pi OS does have //almost// out-of-the-box support for an OFF button. It's enabled using the platform' | One of the biggest gripes about the Rasperry Pi is the poor out-of-the-box support it has for a power button. However, not a lot of people know that the Raspberry Pi OS does have //almost// out-of-the-box support for an OFF button. It's enabled using the platform' | ||
- | To create | + | To enable |
< | < | ||
Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
to ''/ | to ''/ | ||
- | If you add this to ''/ | + | If you add this to ''/ |
**However**, | **However**, | ||
Line 23: | Line 23: | ||
There' | There' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Power-on button ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | For a kludgey power-on button, I use a [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== On-screen keyboard ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | <WRAP alert center round 60%> | ||
+ | **CAN' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Chrome Web Store won't allow extensions to be installed on the ancient Chromium used in the obsolete Raspbian OS that Volumio 3 is built on. | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Volumio 3 doesn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Doing this is described [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Connect a keyboard to your system and press ALT+HOME. This will open the Chromium browser. | ||
+ | * Search for “Chrome web store virtual keyboard” | ||
+ | * Install the extension [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | The link to Virtual Keyboard given in the post doesn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | <code bash> | ||
+ | $ chromium-browser --version | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | yielded | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | Chromium 92.0.4515.98 Built on Raspbian , running on Raspbian 10 | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | As of this writing, Raspberry Pi OS (formerly known as Raspian) is based on Debian 12. This means Volumio is plodding along with an OS that's two long Debian generations old! In fact, Debian 10 will [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Just something to consider. | ||
+ |
audio/volumio_tips.1713557509.txt.gz · Last modified: 2024/04/19 20:11 by mithat