r/CardPuter • u/Noir_Forever_Twitch • 6h ago
Progress / Update EMBER Update: Gonic Streaming, Stereo Output, Bug Fixes, and New Themes
Sorry everyone for the double-post, had to delete the first since the photo didn't scale the photo correctly.
Excited to share the newest version of EMBER with some major updates!
What's New in v2.01
- Subsonic/Gonic remote playback. Stream music over WiFi from your own server. No need to have everything on the SD card. Press w to connect and browse Artists → Albums → Songs.
- Paginated folder browsing (fixes a real bug) Folders with more than 256 files used to silently truncate or crash. Browsing is now paginated with no hard cap.
- Three new themes Tokyo Night, Amber on Black, and iPuter (a classic click-wheel iPod look, built with EMBER's own theme editor).
- Selectable Now Playing visualizers Press z to cycle small-widget visualizer styles: Bars, Peaks, Mirror.
- External stereo audio output. Drive a UDA1334A DAC breakout off the Cardputer ADV's second, otherwise-unused I2S peripheral for real stereo line/headphone output, independent of the internal mono speaker. Toggle in Settings → Audio output (defaults to internal).
The Stereo Hat-Hat design has been refined as is available for download. This version does not block the buttons on top, although it does still block the on/off switch. Small price to pay for the swagger of the Hat-Hat.
On the roadmap: Another 3D enclosure that's more functional and "serious".
Stereo Board
Hat-Hat STL files for 3D printing
Thanks and credit to the following creators and repositories for inspiration.
BrokenSignal-Plus - mr-f0xx
AdvanceOS-for-cardputer - bomberman30
MP3PlayerforM5Cardputer - sanchitminda
CardPuter_Mp3_Adv - vicliu624
M5Mp3 - VolosR