RuneAudio 0.5-beta for most Raspberry Pi models

janui

Hi leardo,

leardo wrote...i get the following messages and Rune never starts. I've attached an image of the screen. Any help is appreciated!!...

The image you have posted looks fine, RuneAudio always starts like this. It cannot be accessed via a connected keyboard and screen. See this post: #6532504
janui

Vhond

janui wroteHi Vhond,
Vhond wroteCan you confirm when updating to a new release soundfiles are overwritten (files I have modified like the files mentioned in #4301
In principle the update will only modify files in the path:
/var/www/...
Occasionally there are exceptions, you can find these in the file: '/srv/http/command/update_os.php'
The update function carries out a 'git stash' before updating. So any files which you modified or files which are different to the standard distribution should have been saved. You should be able to see these files by using the following commands:
cd /var/www
git stash show
It is possible to restore a specific stash or individual files from a stash by using the command:
git stash pop <parameters and options>
Check out the manual before running the 'git stash pop' command, see here: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-stash
janui

@Janui: thanx for your extended reply

tixs

(Hopefully) Short question:

I operate two Raspberries with RuneAudio, one on the basis of a Raspberry Pi 2 (together with a HiFiBerry Amp) and one on the basis of a Raspberry Pi 3 B (together with a HiFiBerry DAC+ and with onboard WLAN disabled). Since a new installation takes me up to an hour per player (assuming nothing goes wrong during the setup ...) - would it be possible to install RuneAudio on one player, then clone the SD card and just change player name and HiFiBerry setting (and static IP, if used) for the second player? Or would files and settings need to be adjusted to a larger extent (e.g. because the installation routine implements the software differently during the installation process because of hardware recognition) so that a new installation might still be easier?

janui

Hi tixs,

tixs wrote...would it be possible to install RuneAudio on one player, then clone the SD card and just change player name...

This is fine for all of the Raspberry Pi B2 and B3 models. For these models the initial configuration is identical. An alternative is to use the backup and restore function in the Settings UI, you should get the same result.
janui

tixs

Great, thanks, janui. That will save me a lot of time.

By the way - did you have a chance to make some progress on the issue I described in an earlier post some time ago?
#6532326
I'm anxiously waiting for it to be solved so that I can migrate a huge (approx. 1,500) CD collection to RuneAudio - but especially with classical music this didn't make sense so far due to the somewhat improper listing.

janui

Hi tixs,

tixs wrote...did you have a chance to make some progress on the issue I described in an earlier post some time ago? #6532326 ...

Sorry, no progress on this one at the moment. I have not had enough time for Rune during the last months due to family and work commitments. I am hoping to catch up during the summer.
janui

tixs

Understood. No worries - will continue to wait patiently. (But will probably send a reminder from time to time ...

gerootech

Hello,

Anyone tried to connect to a Bluetooth speaker using commands ?? i would appreciate any help. I tried commands from BluteTooth commands from Archi Linux but it is not working. I am getting the following error: when i check the status of bluetooth services.

a2dp-sink profile connect failed for xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Protocol not available

janui

Hi gerootech,

gerootech wrote...Anyone tried to connect to a Bluetooth speaker using commands ??...

Yes, we cant get it to work with this version (0.5b). We also found that most of the information on internet is no longer valid, through trial and error we now have some Bluetooth features working in the next RuneAudio version (0.6b) for some Pi models. Unfortunately it also seems to be Pi hardware type dependent, this is making it very difficult to get configuration stable.
janui

TFZ02

Hello,
already exists a version for the Pi4+?

janui

Hi TFZ02,

TFZ02 wrotealready exists a version for the Pi4+?

No, not yet.
janui

HJLK

I have installed RuneAudio 0.5-beta on a Pi2B with HifiBerryDAC+ and hardware volume control, and I have two small issues compared to the 0.3 image I used to run.

1) volume controls in the UI (both Firefox web and Android app): the volume UP/DOWN buttons start to work only AFTER I adjust the volume once thru the wheel, or use the mute/unmute button. BTW

: The volume hardware control does work a lot better than in the 0.3 image: "50" means indeed "half", while in 0.3 60 stood for zero sound.

2) the MPD database: it shows a lot of ARTISTS with no albums, and these artists come from the mp3 tag "album artist". In 0.3 I did not see these entries (only those from the "artist" tag. This may be helped by adding a "metadata_to_use" line (with tags to use) in mpd.conf BUT I cannot change the mpd.conf file because it is maintained by RuneAudio! So what to do?

Hope to hear from you!

janui

Hi HJLK,

HJLK wrote...the volume UP/DOWN buttons start to work only AFTER I adjust the volume once thru the wheel...

Yes, thanks, I know about this. It's on my list of things to do.

HJLK wrote...This may be helped by adding a "metadata_to_use" line (with tags to use) in mpd.conf BUT I cannot change the mpd.conf file...

I am not sure it will help with your problem, but you can add a "metadata_to_use" clause in /etc/mpd.conf by logging in via SSH and using this command:

redis-cli hset mpdconf metadata_to_use "tags"

Replace "tags" with a string like this: "artist,album,title,track,name,genre,date,composer,performer,disc", or use the format "+comment" or "-disc" to respectively add or remove a single tag.
After running the command you will need to reboot to activate it, then you will need rebuild your MPD library (see the option in the Sources UI).
To remove the "metadata_to_use" clause in /etc/mpd.conf use this command:

redis-cli hdel mpdconf metadata_to_use

Followed by a reboot and a MPD library rebuild.
janui

HJLK

Hi janui! Thanks for your info.

Regarding the problem wit mpd "artists" in RuneUI: I have done testing by adding the line "metadata_to_use" in the way you described. The procedure works: I can add the line in /etc/mpd.conf as you suggested. BTW: a reboot can be avoided by changing, say "Buffer before play" a bit, and SAVE in Menu - MPD (mpd.conf is rebuilt, and mpd restarted I think; this speeds up testing...)

The results are not promising: whenever I have an mp3-album with "artist" and "albumartist" both filled, I see ONLY "albumartist" in RuneUI Artists, but the album itself is NOT visible by clicking the (album)artist. The album itself is visible when looking in RuneUI Albums.
So MPD or Rune (?) prefers "albumartist"over "artist", and does not see the album via "albumartist".

For albums with only "artist" filled, all is well: I can see the artist via RuneUI Artists, and it's albums clicking it.

Can there be an issue with the Query/ies Rune does on the MPD-database? (

because all info seems to be in the mpd database!).

janui

Hi HJLK,

HJLK wrote...The results are not promising: whenever I have an mp3-album with "artist" and "albumartist" both filled...

That’s pretty much what I expected.
You could look at this post: #30201
and this one: #3782
This one as well: #40121
janui

mickburke

I tried this but all I get is:
4.125561 Error: driver 'sdhost-bcm2835' is already registered, aborting...
4.131949 vc_vchi_sm_init: failed to open VCHI service (-1)
4.131956 [vc_sm_connected_init]: failed to initialize shared memory service
starting version 238
/dev/mmcblk0p2:clean, 92386/237104 files, 657765/947200 blocks

I'm on a raspberry pi 3b+ which was previously running .4, and using a 16g sd, wired network plus a USB wireless for use once it's in its final location.

Any idea what's going on?

janui

Hi mickburke,

mickburke wrote...driver 'sdhost-bcm2835' is already registered, aborting...
...Any idea what's going on?...

Yes, this is normal, see here: #6532370
janui

mickburke

Thank you so much! The previous version I installed went all the way to the UI when it was done.

I'm still JUST barely learning about rune and MPD just a tiny bit so far, so I was lost!

Now to dig in and see if this update will give me what i was looking for!

Thanks again!

HJLK

janui wroteHi HJLK,
HJLK wrote...The results are not promising: whenever I have an mp3-album with "artist" and "albumartist" both filled...
That’s pretty much what I expected.
You could look at this post: #30201
and this one: #3782
This one as well: #40121
janui

Hello janui,

Of course I can live with searching my music via directory tree on my usb-sticks, the way I organised it. But RuneUI search albums via artist does (in my view) not work as may be expected: we see all albumartists and artists, but only when albumartist is not filled we see its albums...

Reason for this could be the use of an older mpd version 0.20 which DOES see (and prefers) "albumartist" (as opposed to mpd in 0.3 image), but that seems to interfere with the queries in RuneUI (again, as opposed in 0.3 image).
Image 0.5-beta indeed uses mpd 0.20, which has a limited command set to query its database. That is possibly the reason why albums via albumartist are not found in RuneUI. Mpd is currently 0.22, where the search command set is drastically altered (so it seems to me, anyway).
Could you comment on this?
Are there plans to incorporate mpd 0.22 in the image (and have RuneUI adapted to the new mpd command set)?

janui

Hi HJLK,
RuneAudio uses 'Artist' and not ‘AlbumArtist’ because it is programmed to do so. It has nothing to do with the version of MPD.
In my previous post (here: #6532 there is a link to a post which contains instructions for modifying the code in order to add/modify library page entries.
The latest version of MPD will be included in 0.6b.
janui

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