first of all thanks for all the effort you put into Runeaudio. I really like the lean concept and the UI. It does exactly what it needs to do.
I own an old RPi B+ and a pretty old 5.1 system from Logitech (Z-640) which hasn't been used in a while. I decided to buy a cheap 7.1 USB sound card (Logilink UA0099) and give RuneAudio (v0.3-beta (29/10/2014)) a try.
In general, the setup is working. I'm able to access the UI, I can select music from a connected USB disk (which is connected via an active USB hub, where also the USB sound card is connected).
I do have two problems though:
1. playing music is only working for the two front speakers. The "rear" speakers don't do anything when playing music via the frontend.
2. Wifi is not working at all from the frontend
I really read a lot of different threads in the last days regarding problem 1), but can't find a proper solution. The speakers in general are working. I tried it with a live Manjaro 1710 system
and the Logilink USB sound card, and there all speakers are working. I can select "analogue 5.1 surround" in the GUI, and afterwards all speakers are good. The problem is that Manjaro uses pulseaudio, which overrides /etc/asound.conf and creates a config in /home/manjaro/.config/pulse. As soon as you update the config via GUI, the config file (cryptic filename 06dxxxx-default-sink) gets updated with value: alsa_output.usb-0d8c_USB_Sound_Device-00.analog-surround-51
I'm not sure if this is "real" 5.1 sound, but even if the front speakers are just mapped to the rear ones this is good for me.
Unfortunately, runeaudio does use alsa (not pulseaudio). I created file /etc/asound.conf (see code below), but even when mapping front to rear it doesn't work. At least not when playing music via the frontend. The speakers are working when using speaker-test with the following options:
speaker-test -Dsurround51:Device -c6 -twav
I can hear sound from all four speakers (front left, front right, rear left, rear right). There is no sound form the center speaker.
I also thought about changing the mpd.conf, but in general that's no good idea (because I would
have to set it to read-only afterwards)
Hardware:
Raspberry Pi B+
Cmedia CM2606 (Logilink UA0099 USB Sound Card)
Logitech Z-640
Active USB hub
USB stick with music
Speakers are connected with three cables (green, black, orange)
Software:
RuneAudio version v0.3-beta (29/10/2014)
for the wireless stuff, I tried the nightly build, but that totally crashed the system
(according to http://www.runeaudio.com/documentation/troubleshooting/updating/#nightly-builds)
My first question: is there any option to get my rear speakers working from the frontend as well?
My 2nd one would be the wireless stuff, but it only makes sense if the sound problems are solved.
Many thanks in advance!
aplay -l
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[root@runeaudio ~]# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 0: bcm2835 ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA]
Subdevices: 8/8
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 1: bcm2835 ALSA [bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Device [USB Sound Device], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
[root@runeaudio ~]#
aplay -L
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[root@runeaudio ~]# aplay -L
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
sysdefault:CARD=ALSA
bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=Device
USB Sound Device, USB Audio
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Device,DEV=0
USB Sound Device, USB Audio
Front speakers
surround21:CARD=Device,DEV=0
USB Sound Device, USB Audio
2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=Device,DEV=0
USB Sound Device, USB Audio
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Device,DEV=0
USB Sound Device, USB Audio
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Device,DEV=0
USB Sound Device, USB Audio
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Device,DEV=0
USB Sound Device, USB Audio
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Device,DEV=0
USB Sound Device, USB Audio
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Device,DEV=0
USB Sound Device, USB Audio
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
[root@runeaudio ~]#
lsusb
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[root@runeaudio ~]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0d8c:0102 C-Media Electronics, Inc. CM106 Like Sound Device
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 13fe:4200 Kingston Technology Company Inc.
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 7392:7811 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd EW-7811Un 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS]
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMC9514 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
[root@runeaudio ~]#
/etc/asound.conf
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pcm.!default {
type hw
card Device
}
pcm.!default {
type route
slave.pcm surround51
slave.channels 6
ttable.0.0 1
ttable.1.1 1
ttable.0.2 1
ttable.1.3 1
ttable.0.5 0.5
ttable.1.5 0.5
}
pcm.upmix51 {
type upmix
slave.pcm "surround51"
delay 15
channels 6
}
pcm.!default "plug:upmix51"