RuneAudio 0.3-alpha for Raspberry Pi

[sykodad]

@ACX

In yr 9 Oct post you wrote ...

"Try to update the kernel alone, that's what you need to make I2S work on Rpi B+. I suggest you to use linux-arch-3.12.26-2-ARCH version, as 3.12.28 has problems with 24bit files on I2S."

I have tried for more than a day to do this - without success - but have learned a bit more about ArchLinux

I found a ref to linux-arch-3.12.26-1-ARCH on the Rune git site (not the -2 version)
Downloaded this .bz2 file with wget and then tried to install it with pacman -U

No success ... Unrecognised archive format

This procedure works on my system (not tested with 24bit files):

1. pacman -Sy
2. pacman -S linux-raspberrypi
3. renaming kernel.img in the /boot directory to replace the existing kernel
4. reboot

This installs kernel 3.12.29 (IIRC) which works for me.


Regards,

Jan

[cmh714]

I stay fully updated and have a pacman post that discusses this....it works fine for 24bit all the way to 192 at least for me it does

currently the main thing that breaks the UI is the update to ffmpeg so I have been ignoring that package.

[matt]

This procedure works on my system (not tested with 24bit files):

1. pacman -Sy
2. pacman -S linux-raspberrypi
3. renaming kernel.img in the /boot directory to replace the existing kernel
4. reboot

This installs kernel 3.12.29 (IIRC) which works for me.


Regards,

Jan

Can you outline how to rename the kernel in the boot directory, please. I presume it is renamed to 3.12.29?
Thanks

[cmh714]

Without looking since my Pi isnt running atm, I think you need to rename it to 3.12.19-1.ARCH.img or something like that.

[sykodad]

Can you outline how to rename the kernel in the boot directory, please. I presume it is renamed to 3.12.29?
Thanks

Hello Matt,

the name of the kernel image is linux-rune-3.12.19-2-ARCH.img (replacing the stock kernel).


Regards,

Jan

[cmh714]

just checked and Jan is correct.... linux-rune-3.12.19-2-ARCH.img

[johnbanks]

@sykodad

Thx for your post which informed & motivated me. My RPi B+ with iqAUDIO DAC+ is now streaming wirelessly from my NAS and it sounds great.

This is what I did ....

Burned a fresh 0.3 alpha image. Plugged in a USB stick with a few test tracks. Plugged in an Edimax wireless dongle. Moved the unit to where I had an Ethernet connection. Booted and then PuTTy’d in ...

Did pacman -Sy
Did pacman –S linux-raspberrypi
Did rpi-update (thought that might be smart)

Figuring out the kernel renaming was a bit of a challenge ...

cd /boot followed by ls –l was informative. There was kernel.img with my current date/time. So how to fool 0.3 alpha into using it?
Being cautious, I did ....

mv linux-rune-3.12.19-2-ARCH.img linux-rune-3.12.19-2-ARCH.img.ORIGINAL and then ....

mv kernel.img linux-rune-3.12.19-2-ARCH.img

Rebooted and did MENU > Sources > Remount All Sources to be on the safe side. The Library quickly updated and then I played a track from the USB stick – no sound as no audio equipment was connected but the UI looked like it was playing.

Set up wireless – not always straightforward – but there other posts on this.

Powered down using RuneAudio, disconnected Ethernet and moved the unit to my ‘hifi’ location and connected up.

Powered up, waited for wireless to come up (it takes a while) and played a track but there was no sound immediately. Set the audio output interface to the iqAUDIO DAC under MENU MPD and selected it as the i2s kernel module under MENU Settings. It took a few attempts before the settings seemed to ‘stick’.

At one point doing mpc outputs showed that ALSA and the iqAUDIO DAC were both enabled.
Doing mpc enable only 2 fixed it (as the iqAUDIO DAC was output 2 in my case).

Set up my Network Mount using NFS and updated the Library.

All OK so far - then tried a 24 bit track – terrible distortion and it even sounded as if it was playing too fast.
Quite by chance I enabled Volume Normalization (under MENU MPD) and it sounded great – why this should be is beyond my level of understanding – perhaps other guys will contribute on this?

It’s taken many hours & the help of others to get to this point – so I powered down and made a backup copy of my SD card – probably the best suggestion of all.

Hope this helps

[sykodad]

@sykodad

Thx for your post which informed & motivated me. My RPi B+ with iqAUDIO DAC+ is now streaming wirelessly from my NAS and it sounds great.

Hello John,

glad it worked for you.


Regards,

Jan

[ACX]

Here is a little surprise we prepared for you for the next 0.3-beta release:
Spotify support in RuneAudio 0.3-beta

[Jorged]

TP-link WN725N WiFi not working out-of-the-box with RuneAudio and when i try to install its driver, RuneAudio returns me this error message:

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 [root@runeaudio ~]# pacman -Sy dkms-8188eu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 alarm is up to date
 aur is up to date
warning: dkms-8188eu-v4.1.4_6773-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Packages (1): dkms-8188eu-v4.1.4_6773-2

Total Installed Size:   8.43 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       0.00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                                                             [#####################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                                                           [#####################################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                                                                [#####################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                                                          [#####################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                                                        [#####################################################] 100%
8188eu, v4.1.4_6773: added

------------------------------
Deleting module version: v4.1.4_6773
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
(1/1) reinstalling dkms-8188eu                                                             [#####################################################] 100%

If your kernel is >= 3.12 and comes with
rtlwifi driver you will have to blacklist
rtlwifi for this driver to work

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/8188eu/v4.1.4_6773/source ->
                 /usr/src/8188eu-v4.1.4_6773

DKMS: add completed.
Error! echo
Your kernel headers for kernel 3.12.19-2-ARCH cannot be found at
/usr/lib/modules/3.12.19-2-ARCH/build or /usr/lib/modules/3.12.19-2-ARCH/source.
Error! echo
Your kernel headers for kernel 3.12.19-2-ARCH cannot be found at
/usr/lib/modules/3.12.19-2-ARCH/build or /usr/lib/modules/3.12.19-2-ARCH/source.
error: command failed to execute correctly
synchronizing filesystem...