RuneAudio and Spotify Volume

MoonBug

Hi,

I installed the download image on a RaspberryPi B+ with IQAudio DAC+.

The install went smoothly and I configured the system using the web UI. Basically, I selected the IQAudio DAC, enabled Spotify and added my account info and under MPD, made sure that hardware volume control was enabled.

I checked that I could vary the volume visually on the playback page by moving the dial.

I did not have any stored music on my system, so I opted to use Spotify to test the install.

Questions:

Is my understanding correct that Spotify music is not played by MPD, but by the Spotify daemon and that each time you jump between Spotify music and your own music, you have to select the renderer first?

The moment I selected Spotify and played the first track, the Spotify music blasted full volume from the speakers and the volume control on the Playback page no longer worked. In fact, it looks like it was disabled, I could not move it from 100.

What am I doing wrong here?

ACX

Nothing

The volume control is temporarily disabled for Spotify until we develop a proper solution for a unified volume control (that will happen soon). In the meanwhile you can use alsamixer to control volume during Spotify playback, when the spop daemon is active.

markvr

ACX wroteNothing The volume control is temporarily disabled for Spotify until we develop a proper solution for a unified volume control (that will happen soon). In the meanwhile you can use alsamixer to control volume during Spotify playback, when the spop daemon is active.

I have the same problem. For anyone that is confused by what "use alsamixer" means, it turns out you have to ssh into the Pi (use "root" as user and "rune" as the pwd), and then run "alsamixer", then press F6 to select your sound card, then right arrow to select to change volume, then the up and down arrows to change it. Phew!

Bring on the GUI volume control with Spotify !!

Or of course I could get off my lazy arse, cross the room and actual move the knob on the amp. What is this, the 90s or something?!

ACX

markvr wroteOr of course I could get off my lazy arse, cross the room and actual move the knob on the amp. What is this, the 90s or something?!

Ahaha

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