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foxint

Hi Guys....
Bought my Pi3 a couple of weeks ago and it is an absolutle nightmare. I wish I were a school kid as it may make some sense....

Instead of blindly downloading stuff I do not understand, I was hoping for some advice/answers??

I want a Audio box on the pi attached to my ethernet (cable no wifi) and I want the Pi to have attached HDD and the output of the music goes through HifiBerry Digi+ (arrived today with no instructions, so that will be a problem)...and this goes into my external DAC...then music...

But...big but and OpenElec could not do it... I am still waiting on Voluminus....So can I run the rune from my PC???...what I mean, I do not have a spare keyboard/monitor etc...so I want the pi to sit in a rack or cupboard and I see and control the rune screen and software from the Windows 10 PC...not a smartphone, not an android device, not a TV remote...but the PC....

For a non-Pc person, I consider this a reasonable request....but so far it would seem this is a strange request?????? I use Tight VNC at home....and this is not a problem.....but???

hondagx35

Hi foxint,

this is exactly what RuneAudio is made for.

http://www.runeaudio.com/documentation/quick-start/quick-start-guide/

- Download the image from here
- extract it, so you have a *.img file
- if you are on windows use Win32DiskImager to write it to your sd card
- reinsert the sd card in your PC and edit the file /boot/config.txt

# 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

Remove the # in front of the hifiberry-digi line
- mount the HifiBerryDigi on your Pi
- insert the sd card
- attach wired ethernet
- power up your pi
- now you have to find the ip address from your pi
You have multiple options to do this:
* install avahi/bonjour on your PC (or see if it already there)
* go to the configuration site from your router and look for attached devices
- navigate your internet browser to http://runeaudio or to the ip-address you found above

- attach your hdd

Frank

foxint

Hi Frank

Thank you for your response. It was clear, quick and understanding. Thank you. I have found that because of my explainations and having no experience with a Pi most ignore me or treat me like dirt. You are totally different....Thank you.

So what you are saying is Rune is for me??

When it comes to lines of stuff... I have no idea.....

How and where do I put the code?

You mention....Remove the # in front of the hifiberry-digi line.. I do not understand....

I have my daughters PC with the card reader....so I will have to log on to here....and use that...

I do know the Ip address of the Pi3 - that is the only thing I know I can to the rest is really scary....

foxint

Hi Frank

Lot harder than I thought... Daughters PC cannot get onto your website... I will download the file and transfer it to a USB and will put it on the PC....Then somehow I will copy it to the Card....it says it will take 10 hours....

Oh...what have I done??????

foxint

Hi Frank....

Sorry... I am an idot... I am watching it download...it says it is a Paint Shop Pro 8 image...is this correct??

Do I have to do anything with the file? I just copy it... is that all ...it is not compressed or something? I found some files were compressed and they did not work...

See I have no idea....

(still 7 hours....) I will tell the children to go to bed...

hondagx35

Hi,

do you have the right downloadlink?
https://sourceforge.net/projects/runeaudio/files/Images/Raspberry Pi 3/RuneAudio_rpi2_rp3_0.4-beta_20160321_2GB.img.gz
Do not use the one from the onedrive link!

Depending on your internet connection this shouldn't take longer than 1 hour.

Frank

foxint

Hi Frank

Started again... still says 7 hours??

D

foxint

Frank

It says it is 740MB??

Have I got the right file?

foxint

Hi Frank...

I am calling it a night...late out in the Aussie bush...not computer experts anywhere near me..ha-ha

Still have 6 hours.

One last queston...I used the HifI Berry installer (really easy)...what do I do with the stuff on the SD card...how do I get it off so I can put your stuff on it... I did ask about Rune on the installer...but nothing yet...it was not a long time ago...so that is not a problem

Good night.

rastus

Hi mate,

maybe I can help... check your PM.

Regards,

Rastus.

foxint

Hi Guys...

All that code stuff that Frank mentioned... I did not understand and I have ignored it....Yes...so can someone explain what I need to do...

I have (I think) installed the Digi+ on the Pi3. I think I have installed the rune music software. I can see it on a web browser... It looks GREAT!!!

But no noise

I have a red cross on my "Local Sources"... I have put some music on my NAS....it has an Ip Address of 192.168.1.200...it is in a folder called Clients\111-Music...then there is a folder....why...because there is a folder called "clients" and I have no idea how to make a new directory on the NAS...It is a QNAP....I have little idea how it works and if it fails it is a nightmare... I have to email QNAP...so not the most friendly thing.

I probably should get a HDD and attach it to the Pi3??? but lets get it working

I also put a track (flac) onto a USB...it recognised it...yippie...but no noise... I pluged the toslink cable into the Digi+

I suppose it is all the code I have no idea about??

Any suggestions.

D

PeteB

In the browser, you should now be able to click on "MENU" in the upper right-hand corner of the RuneAudio User Interface (Rune UI).

Go to MENU > MPD > Audio output interface.

If everything is configured correctly, you should be able to select the HiFiBerry DIGI+ from the drop-down menu. If you see it, select it to send the audio to the optical output.

If you do not see it in the drop down list, you may have to edit the /boot/config.txt file again, to enable the DIGI+ board.

Please post what you see in the dropdown list in either case.

foxint

Thank you...

I am now listening to the internet radio via Rune - as we say in the bush....bloody bonza mate - meaning the quality far surpasses my expectaitons.

But I am not so lucky with my NAS....nor my USB. I think if someone could help with the NAS that is where (temporarily) I have the music all flac files...The NAS has a lot of stuff....but there is a lot of space.

As far as the help and the support and non-judgmental comments and need I say honest friendship...this place beats all the others. I felt like the poor cousin at the others....

So THANK YOU....

Next the NAS if anyone has any ideas...
D

johnbanks

foxint ...

I stream from my NAS (but it's not a QNAP).
If you can set up an NFS export on your QNAP then you can simply do this ...
In Rune go to MENU > Sources > +ADD NEW MOUNT then select NFS as the protocol and in the Remote Directory box enter:

/export/name of your music folder

Hope this helps
PS - There's a bunch of QNAP stuff on Google for example:

https://amigotechnotes.wordpress.com/2013/12/27/using-network-file-system-nfs-service-with-qnap-ts-112/

johnbanks

foxint ...
PPS:
KODI is a wdely used media player. You may find the link below helpful regarding NFS. The intro is informative and section 7.2.2 is specific to QNAP. Clearly only the QNAP setup info is relevant ...

http://kodi.wiki/view/NFS#QNAP

Hope this helps

foxint

hondagx35 wroteHi foxint,

this is exactly what RuneAudio is made for.

http://www.runeaudio.com/documentation/quick-start/quick-start-guide/

- Download the image from here
- extract it, so you have a *.img file
- if you are on windows use Win32DiskImager to write it to your sd card
- reinsert the sd card in your PC and edit the file /boot/config.txt
# 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
Remove the # in front of the hifiberry-digi line
- mount the HifiBerryDigi on your Pi
- insert the sd card
- attach wired ethernet
- power up your pi
- now you have to find the ip address from your pi
You have multiple options to do this:
* install avahi/bonjour on your PC (or see if it already there)
* go to the configuration site from your router and look for attached devices
- navigate your internet browser to http://runeaudio or to the ip-address you found above

- attach your hdd

Frank

Hi Frank

Reinstalled the software...

but I cannot find:
reinsert the sd card in your PC and edit the file /boot/config.txt

# 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

Remove the # in front of the hifiberry-digi line

There is no boot/config.txt file....there is a config file....but does not contain the code....can it be done via the Putty screen...as borrowing a pc is a pain in the....

Sorry for being so stupid

D

foxint

Hi Frank...
I still cannot see the HiFiBerry things in the programme....

Can you suggest??

I have taken photo of the files...

Also is there an update for the software option/button...

Still waiting to hear the beautiful music...ha-ha... my new HDD enclosure is on its way

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hondagx35

Hi foxint,

Notepad is not the right editor to view / modify files from a linux installation.
Sorry that i have forgotten to mention this.

Please use Notepad++ for this and will see the option to enable your DAC.

Frank

foxint

Hi Frank

Thank you....

I have no idea about this programme....there are 4 options tick boxes...they are all empty...do I leave them empty or do I tick any???

I am not sure what I need....

I just took a guess....it worked....

Now I have to attach a HDD to the Pi3....that will be interesting....

D