RuneAudio+R e2 - An improved version of RuneAudio

rern

RuneAudio+R e2
(updated 20191109)

For all Raspberry Pi: Zero, 1, 2, 3 and 4

An improved version of RuneAudio.
- Complete frontend redesigned
- Complete backend rebuilt with latest Arch Linux Arm
- System-wide upgraded to the latest kernel and packages
- Improved performance and response
- Extra features of RuneUI Enhancement
- All new setting pages
- Available as image files and RuneOS - DIY RuneAudio+R e

Image file downloads:
As of 20200403, RuneAudio+R e2 has been upgraded to RuneAudio+R e3.

- Decompress to RuneAudio+R_e2-RPiN.img with 7-zip, WinRAR or WinZip
- Write the file to a micro SD card, 4GB or more, with Win32 Disk Imager or Etcher.

Wi-Fi setup

- Temporarily connect wired LAN then remove after Wi-Fi connected successfully.
or
- RPi Zero or wired LAN not possible - Pre-configure Wi-Fi connection

Pre-configure Wi-Fi connection
- On Linux or Windows
- Insert micro SD card
- In BOOT
- Open file wifi0 with text editor
- Replace NAME and PASSWORD with ones for your Wi-Fi
- If security of your Wi-Fi is wep, replace wpa as well.
- Save as wifi
- Move micro SD card to Raspberry Pi
- Power on

Recommendations
- User interface for minimalists

- Menu > Playback Tools:
- - Hide top-bottom bars, Time, Volume, Buttons
  - Enable Large coverart
  - (Use Coverart for playback controls instead - tap top-center of Coverart for guide.)

- Menu > Library Tools:
- - Hide unused blocks, text Label
  - Drag Library home blocks to arrange order

- Best sound quality:

- Enable Bit-perfect.
- Use only amplifier volume.

- RPi to router connection:

- With wired LAN if possible
- - Disable Wi-Fi
- With WiFi if necessary
- With RPi accesspoint only if there's no router

- Connect to RuneAudio with IP address instead of runeaudio.local

- Get IP address: Menu > Network > Network Interfaces list
- On your router, pre-assign an IP address for RuneAudio to keep it from changing.

- Disable features if not use to lower CPU usage:

Settings > System > Features

Featuring

UI Frontend
- RuneUI Enhancement

Settings Backend
- Enable / disable / options: applied immediately, no more Ok buttons.
- No reboot needed. (except enable/disable audio devices)
- Options visible/accessible only when features enabled.
- Toggle descriptions with question mark button.

MPD

- I2S audio output selected automatically after setup in System and reboot.
- Hardware/software volume set automatically for each device.
- Bit-perfect setting.

Sources

- Network shares scan
- Improved mount / unmount / remount / remove mount

Network

- Improved status info
- Complete IP address info with QR codes.
- Wi-Fi:
- - Faster scan available Wi-Fi.
  - Icons indicate signal level.
  - Improved connect / reconnect / forget

System

- Unified hostname for all services: System, Access point, AirPlay, Samba, uPnP/DLNA
- i2s module setup with auto select MPD output on reboot
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth disable option
- Samba option to set write permissions

rern

klassikmann

> (Tested on RPi 3B - please report success runs on other models.)
No installation problems on RPI 2B.

Big Update. Thank you.

klassikmann

AndyF

Works fine on RPi 3B with HifiBerry DAC+

Thanks a lot!

Andy

rastus

Thanks rern, downloading now.

Regards,

Rastus.

ceejayemm

Rern

I have installed the new RuneAudio+Re1 to Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2 (which I have previously used for RA4b, RA5b plus your extended interfaces). I am trying to reconnect to my NAS based NFS music share using the following parameters as used in previous RA versions:

Type NFS
Name NAS_Music
IP 192.168.1.250
Share path /export/Music/iTunes/Music/
Options

However the mount does not happen with the simple error 'Mount Failed'. In previous versions if this occurred the mount settings were preserved so that the necessary corrections could be made. In this version you have to start completely from scratch again.

Any idea what I am doing wrong this time ?

Thanks

Chris

ceejayemm

Rern

Please ignore my previous posting. I had the Share Path wrong, it should have been '/Music/iTunes/Music'. The note about the correction of such errors still stands though.

Sorry

Chris

rern

ceejayemm wrote ...
However the mount does not happen with the simple error 'Mount Failed'. In previous versions if this occurred the mount settings were preserved so that the necessary corrections could be made. In this version you have to start completely from scratch again.
...

Good point. It's on.

"Duplicate mount name." added to type of errors as well:

- Duplicate mount name.
- IP not found.
- Mount failed.

To be released with an update.

rern

krpepe

Great work, looks awesome!

Quick question,
Took 10 hrs to build the mpd file from my nas. Afterwards I shut off the raspberry pie and the nas is gone. I copied the file into the usb but if i try to update the library on the usb it says it isnt there. What am I doing wrong?

Kevin

rern

krpepe wrote ...
Took 10 hrs to build the mpd file from my nas. Afterwards I shut off the raspberry pie and the nas is gone. I copied the file into the usb but if i try to update the library on the usb it says it isnt there. What am I doing wrong?
...

You don't have to copy anything if you built MPD / Library database on this new version.
Copy mpd.db file to USB drive only if you already have the MPD database built before install this version and it takes a long time to rebuild.

NAS mounts should be remounted automatically after reboot.

- Your music files are on NAS, not USB.
- mpd.db file on USB is MPD database.
- You need both to make it working.
- You cannot update Library on USB if there's no music files in it.

Try:

- Create a new share with just a few albums. (A few seconds for MPD to build database)
- Mount the share.
- Build/update MPD database.
- Play a song.
- Reboot.
- Play another song.
- Find these 2 files:
- /mnt/MPD/USB/???/mpd/mpd.db ( ??? = USB label )
  /srv/http/assets/img/mpd/mpd.db

If all are good and found, it's doing fine.

If you have mpd.db file already built, copy it to replace one of the 2 files. (They are linked - the same file.)
Or you run it again for the whole NAS without copying anything.

How many songs have you got for 10 hours database build, by the way?

rern

Nudge

I know this is subjective but I have been extremely pleased with Rune 0.4b on a PI 3B combined with a Topping D10 DAC.

I have no relation with PI or Topping and am simply a more than aging hardware / software developer rediscovering the joy of High Res Music (read Eagles).

For the record my main priority is sound followed by usability (which is why most of us are here I believe).

I tried Volumio and simply feel Rune 0.4b is far superior with regards to the user interface (Volumio simply felt somewhat clunky).

Likewise I tried this Rune Re1 release and simply feel Rune 0.4b is superior in a few interface areas at the moment.

Sorry if this is bad news but that is simply my view which I hope will provide useful input for future releases especially should Rune V2 emerge.

The original design and release of Rune 0.4b was superb - fantastic sound whilst keep it simple for the user by providing a slick and responsive well thought out interface.

Some hopefully helpful observations on Rune Re1:

1) The web interface of Rune 0.4b is only missing an obvious Pause Icon otherwise it simply looks and behaves better that Re1 (Web controls especially the Volume Control number update are better and Library icons with text are much more obvious).

2) Small niggle - why expand the boot partition by default on first boot - make it a /boot/xxx.txt file creation option if necessary (I actually make a separate partition for the rest of the SDcard and make it read only with my music files on).

3) Sometimes Less is More and Rune 0.4b fits this remit exactly.

Again, sorry if this is bad news but this is my view based upon trying a few different releases and intended to improve things rather than simply criticise.

R101

I rather agree with Nudge. I use 0.4 with an earlier version of rern's UIe, which has addons disabled to prevent any updates. The buttons will never be big enough for me, and I think the circular progress bar is rather a waste of space, but the facility to remove all the features I do not use from the UI, including the volume control, make it the best of all players.

I am hoping that with v0.6 Rune will return to being a more purist player, with optional addons.

dynobot

Does not seem to work with USB dacs.

Tested on a Singxler F-1 and a XMOS based dac....both showed up via aplay -L but neither showed in the UI.

wim-nl

Does not work on Pi-1. Does not even boot. Sorry, did not see that this version isn't made for Pi 1.
Runs great on P2. But the randomplay does not work. .
Playing on a Pi Zero (v1) would be awesome.

klassikmann

On the "Addons" page an available update for "RuneAudio+R e1" is signalled which results in:

wget -qN --no-check-certificate https://github.com/rern/RuneAudio-Re1/raw/master/update.sh
chmod 755 update.sh

uninstall_rre1.sh u

./update.sh u 
 !  Install file download failed.
Please try again.

wget requests the file "update.sh" and get a 404.

klassikmann

lakeuk

My main setup is 04b, I've got alot of GPIO buttons plus epaper display and I make use of the alarm script changes. Migration to 05b has been abit of trial and error but this week I think I've to get a setup which feels like for like ok for me, but will trail it before making the switch.

While doing this I also tested my basics against e1, my observations, I like the interface, it's responsive for me.

My primary use is m3u playlists consisting of radio station streams, my preference rather than using webradio which I don't find usable on any runeaudio version, issues I've found:-

when I drop the m3u into [/var/lib/mpd/playlists] the runeaudio UI doesn't automatically make them visible for selection, I can force one playlist to be loaded [mpc load 'Radio Preset']
it looks like it recognises each stream in the playlist with a webradio icon (these don't appear in the webradio list but I won't not expect or want them to appear in the webradio list)
from manually loading through mpc I can create a playlist of these stations and they show in playlist (though I shouldn't need to do this, they should automatically appear)
playlist items only show the url, they don't show the item title like on previous versions
I notice the directory structure has changed behind the scene's, was seeing if I could get some alarm scripts I use with 04b working but parked it with the directory changes

Example playlists - https://github.com/lakeuk/Runeaudio-extensions/tree/master/playlists

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rern

wim-nl wroteDoes not work on Pi-1. Does not even boot.

Thanks for reporting.

klassikmann wrote On the "Addons" page an available update for "RuneAudio+R e1" is signalled which results in:
...

Fixed.

rern

tixs

R101 wroteI rather agree with Nudge. [...] I am hoping that with v0.6 Rune will return to being a more purist player, with optional addons.

I'm afraid, I do agree with the statements above. The original (flat) design (e.g. the dash on the volume knob instead of the dot) was nicely done and more consistent. In my very personal view, there's not much purpose in mimicking a shiny 3D surface on a flat display which is on most of the tablets, smartphones etc. shiny itself - it's just distracts and makes the items more difficult to read or use. I think this was introduced with the RuneUI Enhancement (which brought - together with the Add-on menu - some really good enhancements) but design-wise I always thought it was a step backwards.

It would be nice at least, if people (like me) who do not like this sort of gimmickry could switch it off without loosing all the technical or functional improvements.

Sorry for being outspoken on this point - I do however very much appreciate the hard work and the constant support by the current and very dedicated developer team (janui, rern and others), so I do hope that comments like mine do not put them off in any way but are just taken as a user's comment (which may or not be shared by others) meant to make RuneAudio even better!

rern

Update 20190224
- Fix: USB DAC plug and play not working.
- Preserve dialogue parameters on failed mount.
- Fix: play button on Add+Play when Open Playback on Add+Play is off.

rern

AndyF

Thanks for your Update!
And I like your design!

Design is always to discuss - but there are many things to tweak to "personal style" in your version.

Andy

wim-nl

wim-nl wroteDoes not work on Pi-1. Does not even boot.

Sorry, did not see that this version isn't made for Pi 1.
Runs great on P2. But the randomplay does not work. .
Playing on a Pi Zero (v1) would be awesome.