cfg.sd_active = true;

[mydroidbox]

void wifiConnected(){

kit.begin(cfg);
player.setVolume(1.0);
player.begin();
player.setPath("/wCon.mp3");
}

Hello Phil.
I'm calling a sound sample from spiffs like above
running your player-sd-audiokit sketch, modified to play from spiffs instead of sd card. I'm also running an ftp server which accesses the audiiokit's sd card.
Nothing is run at boot, both the server and sound samples from spiffs are called in functions when needed. I can call sound samples from spiffs before connecting to the server, however if I call a sound sample after the server is connected, your script even though it is reading from spiffs
and not from sd sets cfg.sd_active = true; preventing the server from accessing sd card. I tried setting cfg.sd_active = false; in setup as well as #define AUDIOKIT_SETUP_SD 0 in audioKitSettings with no luck
let me know what else I could try. Below is debug when server tries to access sd.
Thanks.

[ 28501][W][sd_diskio.cpp:174] sdCommand(): no token received
[ 28601][W][sd_diskio.cpp:174] sdCommand(): no token received
[ 28701][W][sd_diskio.cpp:174] sdCommand(): no token received
[ 28801][E][sd_diskio.cpp:199] sdCommand(): Card Failed! cmd: 0x0d
[ 28801][E][sd_diskio.cpp:621] ff_sd_status(): Check status failed
[ 28803][W][sd_diskio.cpp:174] sdCommand(): no token received
[ 28908][W][sd_diskio.cpp:174] sdCommand(): no token received
[ 29008][W][sd_diskio.cpp:174] sdCommand(): no token received
[ 29107][E][sd_diskio.cpp:199] sdCommand(): Card Failed! cmd: 0x00
[ 29107][W][sd_diskio.cpp:516] ff_sd_initialize(): GO_IDLE_STATE failed
[ 29108][E][vfs_api.cpp:293] VFSFileImpl(): opendir(/sd/) failed
[ 32899][D][WiFiClient.cpp:546] connected(): Disconnected: RES: 0, ERR: 128
Connection closed!

[pschatzmann]

I assume you are using the AudioKit board ?
Please read the wiki in the AudioKit project: It should have all the information!

Did you try the https://github.com/pschatzmann/arduino-audio-tools/blob/main/examples/examples-audiokit/player-sdmmc-audiokit/player-sdmmc-audiokit.ino example ?

[pschatzmann]

Oh, I must have mixed up something...

[pschatzmann]

To simplify my question. How can I run my function calling sound samples from spiffs without sd_active becoming true.

I never tried, but I would expect so: Why don't you just use the spiffs example ? spiffs does not care if you set the sd active or inactive in the config.

[mydroidbox]

I am in essence running the spiffs example. Unless I'm wrong the only difference between the 2 is audiosource and that one outputs to i2s while the other ouputs to kit.

[pschatzmann]

ps. The relevant documentation is in the Wiki about the player: https://github.com/pschatzmann/arduino-audio-tools/wiki/The-Audio-Player-Class

[mydroidbox]

I looked at your suggested links.
I'm a beginner coder. While I appreciate your reluctance to spoonfeed. I only ask for help when it is beyond me. Let me know if you can help. Thanks.