RuneAudio 0.5-beta for most Raspberry Pi models

pastic

Hi, and thanks for continuing to develop Runeaudio! It is much smoother than Volumio, and I prefer the Runeaudio user experience, lack of albumart in library notwithstanding.

One question, though: I installed 0.5-beta and the did the gitpull and I am now on

Hardware model:	Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2
Linux version:	4.14.34-1-ARCH
RuneOS/UI:	0.5b (gearhead) - Experimental Beta 0.5 20180903
Git Branch:	0.5b
HW platform:	RaspberryPi (08)
Build version:	janui-20180903-5

But the cogwheel at the right bottom of the main library screen does not respond when clicking. It was like this before the gitpull as well. I guess I can hardcode-edit the php backend, but... well you know...updates...

Is this a known bug or is something amiss in my installation?

ARFrater

Hi, Just like to say thanks. I have installed on my Aoide media player (PI 3B with Justboom dac) got the screen working with instructions from #3496 and tested all day on Saturday working well with Music on a QNAP NAS. Had to adjust the screen via

chromium --app=http://localhost --start-fullscreen --force-device-scale-factor=.5

but all worked well.

janui

Hi Galder,

Galder wroteIt took me a while to figure out that I had to manually choose upnp option, which was automatic in version 0.4
That I also had to choose I2s for the Digi + did I remembered as it was so even in version 0.4
But if you are not familiar with this I can think that a lot of people don’t understand how this work. I think you should describe this in a tutorial because not all is an advanced technician.

Thanks for this, I will write a quick start guide when I have time.

Galder wroteOne question, is something done sound-wise to achieve improvements in that area?

The Linux kernel (alsa) has been patched to be able to sample at 384k instead of the standard 192k and all packages (MPD, shairport, etc.) have been updated, so I would expect that many bugs have been fixed.
janui

janui

Hi Toube,

Toube wroteAny news on the YouTube plugin?

See here: #5370221 Could you please post addons questions in the addons threads.
janui

janui

Hi RoyB,

RoyB wroteSo, my PI 3B works with 0.4Beta janui-20171120 but not as wanted with 0.5Beta janui-20180903-0/5. What puzzles me now is this whether a hardware problem or might there still be a kernel problem?

Thanks for reporting this and also for being so persistent. I really cannot think of anything which could cause this, even though it still sounds like a power issue. The kernel for the 2B and 3B are almost identical, so I would not expect to find an issue there. You could try swapping the same SD card on the Pi’s, should be no problem with a 2B and 3B. The only other thought is to swap all other components including USB cables.
janui

janui

Hi Beelzebassie,

Beelzebassie wroteSomething I noticed the other day was that 0.5b does not correctly implement "INDEX 00" attributes in CUE-sheets (intended to define pauses); 0.4b nicely skipped them, while 0.5b ignores them and plays them.

RuneAudio relies on MPD to do all things with music files and playlist plugins. It is possible that MPD has changed the way it works with cue sheets, there is another related post earlier in this thread. You could try enabling the cue playlist plugin, it may work. See here: #653264
janui

janui

Hi Gabriel,

Gabriel Syme wroteWhat is the easiest way to remove the volume control from the UI in 0.5. I am not having any luck doing searches for this topic.

I understand that Rern's Addons UI Enhancements can do this, don't use it myself, look here:
#42071
and to install here: #53701
and installing on 0.5b here: #6532132
janui

janui

Hi pastic,

pastic wroteBut the cogwheel at the right bottom of the main library screen does not respond when clicking. It was like this before the gitpull as well. I guess I can hardcode-edit the php backend, but... well you know...updates...

The cogwheel is part of the bookmark functionality. For example: select the library tab > select USB storage > select a USB-drive > select the Action pulldown on the right > select Save as bookmark > go back to the library tab > you can now see your saved bookmark > if you now click the cogwheel you can delete the bookmark.
janui

Beelzebassie

janui wroteHi Beelzebassie,
Beelzebassie wroteSomething I noticed the other day was that 0.5b does not correctly implement "INDEX 00" attributes in CUE-sheets (intended to define pauses); 0.4b nicely skipped them, while 0.5b ignores them and plays them.
RuneAudio relies on MPD to do all things with music files and playlist plugins. It is possible that MPD has changed the way it works with cue sheets, there is another related post earlier in this thread. You could try enabling the cue playlist plugin, it may work. See here: #653264
janui

Thank you, but unfortunately the behavior stayed the same.

0.5b is backed by MPD 0.20.20 (May); is there an easy way to migrate to a newer version for testing purposes?

janui

Hi Beelzebassie,

Beelzebassie wrote0.5b is backed by MPD 0.20.20 (May); is there an easy way to migrate to a newer version for testing purposes?

Not at this moment, but there are a couple of other issues with MPD 0.20.20. A new version (0.21.2) was released yesterday with the fixes we were waiting for. I will build and test an update script during the next couple of days, hopefully I can get it to you soon.
janui

Beelzebassie

Much appreciated, Janui!

Gabriel Syme

I now have 0.5 installed and running and with Rern's UI enhancements. Thanks to everyone who has made this software possible!

belgarath0815

Hi,
Switched from a Pi 2 with rune 0.3 to a Pi 3 with rune 0.5. Nearly everything works great just one thing I noticed: When my USB Dac is set as Output Device, Airplay is not working.
I can connect to rune from the Apple device but as soon as I press play it disconnects rune . It's working without problem when I switch to analog output..

any ideas?

Regards

janui

Hi belgarath0815,

belgarath0815 wroteI can connect to rune from the Apple device but as soon as I press play it disconnects rune . It's working without problem when I switch to analog output..

Could you log in via SSH and run the following commands:

systemctl status shairport-sync
redis-cli hgatall mpdconf
redis-cli hgetall airplay
mpc outputs

Please post the output.
janui

belgarath0815

Thx for the fast reply!

Output as requested:

 shairport-sync.service - Shairport Sync - AirPlay Audio Receiver
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/shairport-sync.service; disabled; vendor preset: dis>
   Active: active (running) since Wed 2018-11-14 18:53:01 CET; 3min 9s ago
  Process: 24960 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/shairport (code=exited, status=0/SUCCE>
 Main PID: 24961 (shairport-sync)
    Tasks: 3 (limit: 2302)
   CGroup: /system.slice/shairport-sync.service
           └─24961 /usr/bin/shairport-sync -c /etc/shairport-sync.conf

Nov 14 18:53:01 runeaudio systemd[1]: Starting Shairport Sync - AirPlay Audio Receiver...
Nov 14 18:53:01 runeaudio systemd[1]: Started Shairport Sync - AirPlay Audio Receiver.
Nov 14 18:53:01 runeaudio shairport-sync[24961]: Successful Startup

root@runeaudio(rw):~# redis-cli hgetall mpdconf
 1) "zeroconf_enabled"
 2) "yes"
 3) "zeroconf_name"
 4) "RuneAudio"
 5) "log_level"
 6) "none"
 7) "bind_to_address"
 8) "any"
 9) "port"
10) "6600"
11) "max_connections"
12) "20"
13) "user"
14) "mpd"
15) "db_file"
16) "/var/lib/mpd/mpd.db"
17) "sticker_file"
18) "/var/lib/mpd/sticker.sql"
19) "pid_file"
20) "/var/run/mpd/pid"
21) "music_directory"
22) "/mnt/MPD"
23) "playlist_directory"
24) "/var/lib/mpd/playlists"
25) "state_file"
26) "/var/lib/mpd/mpdstate"
27) "dsd_usb"
28) "DSDDOP"
29) "follow_outside_symlinks"
30) "yes"
31) "follow_inside_symlinks"
32) "yes"
33) "auto_update"
34) "no"
35) "filesystem_charset"
36) "UTF-8"
37) "id3v1_encoding"
38) "UTF-8"
39) "volume_normalization"
40) "no"
41) "audio_buffer_size"
42) "8192"
43) "buffer_before_play"
44) "10%"
45) "gapless_mp3_playback"
46) "yes"
47) "mixer_type"
48) "disabled"
49) "curl"
50) "yes"
51) "ffmpeg"
52) "yes"
53) "version"
54) "0.20.20"
55) "soxr"
56) "very high"
57) "replaygain"
58) "auto"

root@runeaudio(rw):~# redis-cli hgetall airplay
 1) "name"
 2) "Rune"
 3) "interpolation"
 4) ""
 5) "output_backend"
 6) "alsa"
 7) "alac_decoder"
 8) "apple"
 9) "run_this_before_play_begins"
10) "/var/www/command/airplay_toggle on"
11) "run_this_after_play_ends"
12) "/var/www/command/airplay_toggle off"
13) "run_this_wait_for_completion"
14) "yes"
15) "alsa_output_device"
16) "hw:1"
17) "alsa_mixer_device"
18) ""
19) "alsa_mixer_control"
20) "PCM"
21) "alsa_output_format"
22) "S16"
23) "pipe_pipe_name"
24) "/tmp/shairport-sync-output-pipe"
25) "metadata_enabled"
26) ""
27) "metadata_include_cover_art"
28) ""
29) "metadata_pipe_name"
30) "/tmp/shairport-sync-metadata"
31) "extlabel"
32) ""
33) "source_ip_number"
34) "192.168.0.154"
35) "server_ip_number"
36) "192.168.0.249"
37) "user_agent"
38) "AirPlay/371.4.7"
39) "source_active_remote_token"
40) "4258498148"
41) "dacp_id"
42) "4A4F61E7F63D41C"
43) "source_remote_control_port_number"
44) "49218"
45) "ao"
46) "FOSTEX USB AUDIO HP-A8"
47) "soxronoff"
48) "0"
49) "metadataonoff"
50) "0"
51) "artworkonoff"
52) "0"
53) "enable"
54) "1"

mpc outputs
Output 1 (bcm2835 ALSA_1) is disabled
Output 2 (FOSTEX USB AUDIO HP-A8) is enabled
Output 3 (bcm2835 ALSA_2) is disabled

janui

Hi belgarath0815,

belgarath0815 wroteThx for the fast reply!
Output as requested:

Thanks for the output. It looks fine, but I need a bit more information. Could you post the output of these commands:

redis-cli hgetall acards
aplay -l
amixer controls -c 0
amixer controls -c 1

After collecting this information, could you try this command, then reboot and retest:

redis-cli hset airplay alsa_output_format S32

It may just fix it.
janui

belgarath0815

First of all: ITS FIXED!! THANKS A LOT

here the requested output:

 redis-cli hgetall acards
1) "bcm2835 ALSA_1"
2) "{\"id\":\"1\",\"sysname\":\"bcm2835 ALSA\",\"extlabel\":\"RaspberryPi Analog Out\",\"hwplatformid\":\"01\",\"mixer_numid\":\"1\",\"mixer_control\":\"PCM\",\"route_cmd\":\"amixer -c 0 cset numid=3 1 > \\/dev\\/null\",\"device\":\"hw:0,0\",\"name\":\"bcm2835 ALSA_1\",\"type\":\"alsa\",\"integrated_sub\":1,\"real_interface\":\"{\\\"device\\\":\\\"hw:0,0\\\",\\\"name\\\":\\\"bcm2835 ALSA\\\",\\\"type\\\":\\\"alsa\\\",\\\"system\\\":\\\"card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 0: bcm2835 ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA]\\\"}\"}"
3) "FOSTEX USB AUDIO HP-A8"
4) "{\"device\":\"hw:1,0\",\"name\":\"FOSTEX USB AUDIO HP-A8\",\"type\":\"alsa\",\"system\":\"card 1: HPA8 [FOSTEX USB AUDIO HP-A8], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]\"}"
5) "bcm2835 ALSA_2"
6) "{\"id\":\"2\",\"sysname\":\"bcm2835 ALSA\",\"extlabel\":\"RaspberryPi HDMI Out\",\"hwplatformid\":\"01\",\"mixer_numid\":\"1\",\"mixer_control\":\"PCM\",\"route_cmd\":\"amixer -c 0 cset numid=3 2 > \\/dev\\/null\",\"device\":\"hw:0,0\",\"name\":\"bcm2835 ALSA_2\",\"type\":\"alsa\",\"integrated_sub\":1,\"real_interface\":\"{\\\"device\\\":\\\"hw:0,0\\\",\\\"name\\\":\\\"bcm2835 ALSA\\\",\\\"type\\\":\\\"alsa\\\",\\\"system\\\":\\\"card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 0: bcm2835 ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA]\\\"}\"}"

aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 0: bcm2835 ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA]
  Subdevices: 7/7
  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
card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 1: bcm2835 ALSA [bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HPA8 [FOSTEX USB AUDIO HP-A8], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

amixer controls -c 0
numid=3,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback Route'
numid=2,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback Switch'
numid=1,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback Volume'
numid=5,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 Playback Con Mask'
numid=4,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 Playback Default'

amixer controls -c 1
numid=2,iface=MIXER,name='Clock Source 16 Validity'
numid=1,iface=PCM,name='Playback Channel Map'

Toube

Hi Guys,

I tried installing youtube-dl to use the mpd to play youtube using command line.. not sure if it is even possible?
So I ran the command "sudo pacman -S youtube-dl" and got the following error:

resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) youtube-dl-2018.07.29-1

Total Download Size:    2.07 MiB
Total Installed Size:  12.04 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
:: Retrieving packages...
error: failed retrieving file 'youtube-dl-2018.07.29-1-any.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.archlinuxarm.org : The requested URL returned error: 404
warning: failed to retrieve some files
error: failed to commit transaction (unexpected error)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Any tips?

Thanks.
-Toube

RoyB

janui wroteHi RoyB,
RoyB wroteSo, my PI 3B works with 0.4Beta janui-20171120 but not as wanted with 0.5Beta janui-20180903-0/5. What puzzles me now is this whether a hardware problem or might there still be a kernel problem?
Thanks for reporting this and also for being so persistent. I really cannot think of anything which could cause this, even though it still sounds like a power issue. The kernel for the 2B and 3B are almost identical, so I would not expect to find an issue there. ...
janui

Hi janui,
You were right, it is a power issue!
I measured the voltage at the micro USB connector at startup and during use and also viewed it with an oscilloscope. The voltage drops occasionally too much. At the output of the linear power supply the voltage is stable. After shortening the feeding cable the Pi3B and Pi2B operate fine with RuneAudio 0.5Beta janui-20180903-5.
So apparantly a somewhat other startup process and a power feeding on its edge (shame on me) caused the problems.

Thanks!

RoyB

I have two remarks on the UI of the Volume Control in RuneAudio 0.5Beta-janui-20180903. As far as I know not posted earlier.

1) The indication of the level is shown dimmed (gray) when Safari (iPad/iPhone) is used. With Firefox (desktop) it is clear blue.
2) The down (left) and up (right) buttons under the dial only work after using the zero level button or after manualy altering the level.

RoyB

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