i2S port \ DAC SABRE MK2 ES 9018 HELP !!

lifegoeson

Hello Sorry to bother you again...
The i2s connection between my DAC SABRE and the Pi finally works if i uncomment HIFIBERRYDAC on the terminal...boot/config.txt , but it works only if i select a WEB RADIO !!!!!! Nothing from the HDD - usb !!!
I use two HDD 3T in raid 1 configuration and FLAC files... I browse well the content of the hard drive but if i play a file the result is a kind of white noise mixed with music , only from right channel . The left one has no sound at all...!!!!
The HDD's are formatted in FAT system..just to let you know. What's happens in there???
In the meanwhile i tried to install VOLUMIO , just for try.... same results . The DAC i2s input works only with web radio sound flows.... at this point i don't know what to do
Thank You Frank
Lifegoeson - Italy

PeteB

Good news that you have it basically working

Can you post some additional information about the radio streams that you can play, and about the (flac?) files that you cannot play? The difference between the source that DOES play, and the source that does NOT play will probably help identify the problem.

For example, a radio stream I often listen to is displayed with this information in the Rune UI:

Stereo, 24 bit, 44.1 kHz, 128 kbps

A typical hd flac file I have is displayed with this info:

Stereo, 24 bit, 192 kHz, 3175 kbps

(both sources are 24 bit, but note the differences in clock rate and data rate

)

andre_chang

Lifegoeson:

Do not take the 5V voltage from the Pi2..
Chip 5V DAC please external power supply
try....

andre

lifegoeson

Hello My DAC is an external one....with an independent power supply
Are you talkin about the 5V linked between the Pi pin, and the DAC pin, on PCB's??

andre_chang

lifegoeson wroteHello My DAC is an external one....with an independent power supply

You are right to do this.

Andre

lifegoeson

Hello everybody
I'v tried to play files WAV 24bit. 44.1 khz ... it's works fantastic.... this is the only way to listen to files with mi dac. Flac 16bit are not supported and i can't understandthe reason why.... The DAC should accepts 24 and 16 BIT as well...
What could i do to solve the issue ??? i'm not about to rip from the beginning 350 classic CD in wav 24 bit , and if my infos are correct, there is not a ripper ( MAc users) ables to convert CD in FLAC 24bit-..... Isn't it??? Also wav does'n accepts metafile ... right or wrong ?
thank you for reply
Lifegoeson - Italy

alvaron

Hi I am experiencing the same problem with audiophonics es9018mk2DAC and pi3 via i2s
I can only get 44.1khz web radio out of it ....the rest flac from USB when I try to play I get
white noise on the right channel
has anyone fixed this issue
thanks

dunghnguyen

I had the same issue last 3 weeks. Then I used C2 instead that it played perfectly.

alvaron

thanks for the information.....you mean odroid C2 ?

alvaron

this means the C2 i2s signal levels are stronger than pi3?

dunghnguyen

alvaron wrotethanks for the information.....you mean odroid C2 ?

Yes it is.

#4044

dunghnguyen

alvaron wrotethis means the C2 i2s signal levels are stronger than pi3?

I dont have suitable testing equips to measure the output signal pins so I don't think your statement is precise. Anyway I tried both on Rpi0 and RPi3 that I had the same result as we concerned above. Perhaps we need a different driver for ES9018 to config Rune / MPD on RPi ...I have no idea much on this.

alvaron

ok
I have an XMOS USB card that has i2s and spdif out
but then you have to connect the Pi3 via USB to this XMOS USB in order to
get i2s out?
thanks for the information.
will let you know if I find any other solution with the Pi3

hondagx35

Hi all,

this DAC needs a special driver on the Raspberry Pi.

You can try to install it:

* get access to the console (ssh)
* check the free space on your sd card (<=85%). If not resize your partition (see documentation)
* update the kernel and firmware (this is needed to get the EDIMAX dongle working and doesn't hurt anyway)

pacman -Sy --force raspberrypi-firmware-bootloader linux-raspberrypi

* delete the file /etc/modules-load.d/ras....conf
* reboot
* get the installation files and extract them (search for sabreberry32.tar)

wget http://www..........Sabreberry32.tar
tar -xf Sabreberry32.tar

* make the install script executable

cd Sabreberry32
chmod +x sabre32_install.sh

* run the script

./sabre32_install.sh

You can ignore the warnings
* enable the DAC in /boot/config.txt

dtparam=i2c_arm=on
#dtparam=i2c_vc=on
#dtparam=i2s=on
#dtparam=spi=on
#dtparam=act_led_trigger=mmc
#dtdebug=on

#dtparam=uart1=off
#dtoverlay=pi3-disable-bt-overlay

# Uncomment one of these lines to enable an audio interface
#dtoverlay=hifiberry-dac
#dtoverlay=hifiberry-dacplus
#dtoverlay=hifiberry-digi
#dtoverlay=hifiberry-amp
#dtoverlay=iqaudio-dac
#dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus
#the sabreberry32 also needs dtparam=i2c_arm=on to be enabled
dtoverlay=sabreberry32
dtparam=audio=on

* reboot

I hope this works.

Frank

EDIT (16.11.16):
- removed the driver from download page, because of unclear license.

- Get access to the console:
Use SSH from your PC

If you are not familiar with SSH read this for Windows or this for Linux/MacOS
The default login for RuneAudio is "root" with the password "rune" (without quotes).

alvaron

Thanks Frank
will follow your instructions and use the dtoverlay = sabreberry32
will let you know if it works
I have i2s param enabled already
Alvaron

dunghnguyen

Hi Frank @[deleted],

I followed your instruction to do on RPi2 that it seems I had an error as attached info

login as: root
root@192.168.0.88's password:
===============  RuneOS distribution  ===============
  ____                      _             _ _
 |  _ \ _   _ _ __   ___   / \  _   _  __| (_) ___
 | |_) | | | | '_ \ / _ \ / _ \| | | |/ _` | |/ _ \
 |  _ <| |_| | | | |  __// ___ \ |_| | (_| | | (_) |
 |_| \_\\__,_|_| |_|\___/_/   \_\__,_|\__,_|_|\___/

================  www.runeaudio.com  ================
RuneOs: 0.3-beta
RuneUI: 1.3-beta
Hw-env: RaspberryPi 2


[root@runeaudio ~]# wget http://www.friedmann-elektronik.de/RuneAudio-RP2/RuneAudioSabreberry32.tar
--2016-10-15 08:14:57--  http://www.friedmann-elektronik.de/RuneAudio-RP2/RuneAudioSabreberry32.tar
Resolving www.friedmann-elektronik.de (www.friedmann-elektronik.de)... 217.160.223.21
Connecting to www.friedmann-elektronik.de (www.friedmann-elektronik.de)|217.160.223.21|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 13312 (13K) [application/x-tar]
Saving to: ‘RuneAudioSabreberry32.tar’

RuneAudioSabreberry 100%[===================>]  13.00K  --.-KB/s    in 0s

2016-10-15 08:14:59 (29.8 MB/s) - ‘RuneAudioSabreberry32.tar’ saved [13312/13312]

[root@runeaudio ~]# tar -xf RuneAudioSabreberry32.tar
[root@runeaudio ~]# cd RuneAudioSabreberry32
[root@runeaudio RuneAudioSabreberry32]# chmod +x sabre32_install.sh
[root@runeaudio RuneAudioSabreberry32]# ./sabre32_install.sh
(integer) 1

Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /srv/http/app/libs/runeaudio.php on line 2080

Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /srv/http/app/libs/runeaudio.php on line 2082

Warning: socket_write(): unable to write to socket [32]: Broken pipe in /srv/http/app/libs/runeaudio.php on line 105
[root@runeaudio RuneAudioSabreberry32]#

Your further advice pls ! Thanks

dunghnguyen

hondagx35 wrote...
* run the script

./sabre32_install.sh

You can ignore the warnings
...

I forgot to read this
Anyway I continued for the next steps from your instruction to revise the config.txt but there is no Sabreberry32 in the MPD after reboot.
Thanks.

[root@runeaudio ~]# mpc outputs
Output 1 (bcm2835 ALSA_2) is enabled
Output 2 (bcm2835 ALSA_1) is enabled
[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
[root@runeaudio ~]#

hondagx35

Hi dunghnguyen,

Anyway I continued for the next steps from your instruction to revise the config.txt but there is no Sabreberry32 in the MPD after reboot.

You have to add this line by hand:

#the sabreberry32 also needs dtparam=i2c_arm=on to be enabled
dtoverlay=sabreberry32

Frank

dunghnguyen

hondagx35 wroteHi dunghnguyen,

Anyway I continued for the next steps from your instruction to revise the config.txt but there is no Sabreberry32 in the MPD after reboot.
You have to add this line by hand:
#the sabreberry32 also needs dtparam=i2c_arm=on to be enabled
dtoverlay=sabreberry32
Frank

Hi Frank,

I did but there is no new appearing in MPD. I used RPi2 with latest Rune image.

Do you think I need to flash the Rune image again then redo?

dunghnguyen

alvaron wroteThanks Frank
will follow your instructions and use the dtoverlay = sabreberry32
will let you know if it works
I have i2s param enabled already
Alvaron

Have you done as per Frank's instruction? Thanks.

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