Reply To: compile error: variable ‘bitrate_table’ must be const

[Anonymous]

Hi All,

OK I got all problems solved now!

The example program from http://www.billporter.info/2012/01/28/sparkfun-mp3-shield-arduino-library/

needs to be adapted for Arduino IDE version 1.0.3. The code I got working is:

/code {simple_mp3_example.ino}

#include <SPI.h>
#include <SdFat.h>
#include <SdFatUtil.h>
#include <SFEMP3Shield.h>

SdFat sd;

SFEMP3Shield MP3player;

void setup() {

Serial.begin(9600);

//start the shield
//  MP3player.begin();
if(!sd.begin(SD_SEL, SPI_HALF_SPEED)) { sd.initErrorHalt(); }  // newly required in 1.01.00 and higher
if(MP3player.begin() != 0) {Serial.print(F(“ERROR”)); }

//start playing track 3
MP3player.playTrack(3);
}

//do something else now
void loop() {

Serial.println(“I’m bored!”);
delay(2000);

}

/end code {simple_mp3_example.ino}

So conclusion2:

1). MP3 player shield on Ubuntu 12.10 (64-bits) does not work with supplied version 1.0.1 of Arduino IDE. Instead version 1.0.3 needs to be downloaded from Arduino website (http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software).

2). The simple MP3 player shield code (from website: http://www.billporter.info/2012/01/28/sparkfun-mp3-shield-arduino-library/) needs to be updated to the code written above in this post ({simple_mp3_example.ino}).

Thats all. I hope this also helps other people, as it took be some time to work this all out!

Cheers,

Mikel