Startup Sound

Plugs

Could you pls add something Like a startup sound, because i often change the location of my sound system and with this i would directly know that its on

hondagx35

Hi Plugs,

i think this is something special and it's beyond the scope of RuneAudio.

You can easily add your own boot sound.

1. Place your audio file in /var/local/.
We will refer to the sound file as "/var/local/startupsound.wav".

2. Create /usr/bin/startupsound.sh, with these contents:

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/aplay -D hw:0,0 '/var/local/startupsound.wav'

Change "hw:0,0" to your needs. You can list your sound devices with "aplay -l".

3. Make it executable:

chmod +x /usr/bin/startupsound.sh

4. Make sure it plays the sound before performing the next steps.

/usr/bin/startupsound.sh

5. Create /usr/lib/systemd/system/startupsound.service:

[Unit]
Description=Startup Sound
After=alsa-restore.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/startupsound.sh

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

6. Reload the systemd service files:

systemctl daemon-reload

7. Check that it is working:

systemctl start startupsound

8. Enable the sound at boot:

systemctl enable startupsound

9. Now reboot and enjoy!

Plugs

Thx for your Nice Guide. But i get a error message.

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is my wav sound wrong?

hondagx35

Hi,

There is nothing wrong with your soundfile.

Try to use plughw:x,0 instead of hw:x,0

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/aplay -D plughw:x,0 '/var/local/startupsound.wav'

If your DAC supports all the formats you are playing then -D hw:x,0 works well, plughw:x,0 will add SRC capabilities so that unsupported sample rates will be converted to a working rate for your DAC.

Plugs

This is what i get now.

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ACX

It would be simplier to convert that file to a newer. wav (or even .mp3) with the standard 16bit stereo at 44.1kHz format.

Plugs

Thats what i did now, and i was able to follow the rest of the instructions without further error messages, but it doesnt play the sound on startup.