Michael P. Flaga

Hello. I expect your problem is that the files you are trying to use are not in 8.3 format. Where the SdCard is FAT32 and only supports 8.3. Please note...

Please note that this driver is focused on playing a stream of data from a particular file and controlling the features of the VS1053. Only minimal examples are provided for...

I believe. I am missing some things in your translation. It looks like you are using the SD.h library. Maybe, you are referring to Adafruits library that uses SD.h. Please...

Thank you for your request. To be honest this is an old project. It would take some time/effort to dust off all the boards. As to get the setup back...

Just took a brief look. I see that SdFat v2.0.0 changed the SdFat.chdir() and openNext() methods, to start. Which in turn broke the fileplayer.ino demo. I can compile fileplayer.ino with...

Hello, I am sorry that you are having difficulty. It has been a long time since I have played with this library. So I literally dusted off the parts and...

Yes, I have my preferences to see all the compile and upload messages. No, I do not see that error. Yes, the patches are optional. for the basic functions. There...

See this documentation https://mpflaga.github.io/Arduino_Library-vs1053_for_SdFat/vs1053___sd_fat__config_8h.html#a4c60fb7c286789d19f9ed13a19891653 It describes that you can turn off the interruptions, in the config file. So that the demo will poll the DREQ with line https://github.com/mpflaga/Arduino_Library-vs1053_for_SdFat/blob/master/examples/demo/demo.ino#L31 On Thu,...

FYI, I notice your link above to elecrow.com is a geeetech.com VS1053 shield. by coincidence I am using here that exact same shield. I have worn out my original SparkFun...

Ground is necessary. If connecting ground creates issues. Then there is something wrong somewhere. Such as a second ground somewhere else that should not be. Above you showed a link...