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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 14:06:00 GMT -5
itphoenix
Here are my settings-
Kodi > Settings > System
Audio Output device- ALSA: HDA ATI SB, AL892 Digital S/PDIF
Output config- Optimized
Sample rate- 96khz what ever you want
Stereo upmix- yes
original vol on downmix- yes
Resample quality- High
Keep Audio device alive- mine is off
Support 8 ch DTS-HD- yes
GUI sounds- what ever you want
Enable passthrough- mine off- what ever you want
Passthrough device- mine off- what ever you want
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Post by kauai82 on Dec 22, 2016 19:17:06 GMT -5
After reading this thread I have decided to get into Raspberry Pi3 game. I will use the basic version to start out with and add a separate DAC board to it later. I plan on using my XDA-2 to start out in my family room system. Will the Raspberry see the XDA-2 or do I need to configure something ? Thanks for the info. Matt Went ahead and got the Pi3 and inserted it into my family room system, see signature. Am not a techy by any means, know enough to get myself in trouble, but can normally find a way to make some thing work on a computer giving enough time and research. Was surprised how small the Pi3 is and thought that I wasted my $50 dollars on the kit that I got from Amazon. Decided that I would use Volumio 2 as the music server program and after many wrong attempts because I was in a hurry and excited to get the raspberry up and running. Volumio 2 would not load and was very disappointed at first. Read the forums on Volumio 2 and could not find the solution to the problem. Decided to change Micro SD card to a 8GB card that I bought at Walmart for $8 and tried again. Still no luck. Thought that the Pi3 might be bad. The kit I bought with the Pi3 had the base operating system included with it and put that card in the raspberry and it booted up like a champ. Did some research and decided to see if RuneAudio music server program would work. Downloaded the program unzipped it and used the Win32disk image app just like I did with Volumio 2 to flash the micro card. Put my 128gb flash thumb drive with my FLAC songs in one of the USB slot and my Emotiva XDA-2 DAC in the other with an Ethernet connection and plugged the power in and in three seconds the pi booted up and the program was ready to go. Started to listen and was very happy with the sound quality. Much better than streaming from my office lap top running JRiver. Playing around with the RuneAudio app I discovered that if I turned off the programs internal volume control and used the Fusion 8100 to control the volume that the SQ improved dramatically. I am astounded that a $35 pi3 board can sound so good. It is very close or maybe better than my office system when playing digital audio. I plan to add a 1TB portable hard drive to the system and load more songs and playlists for more variety in music. I highly recommend if you are looking for a low cost music streamer that the Raspberry Pi3 is the way to go. I will look for a dac to pair with the pi3 in the future. Any suggestions ? So if you have an older XDA-2 dac it will work fine with the raspberry pi3. Now I just need to figure out why Volumio 2 would not load. Anyone with thoughts on this I would be grateful for any tips. The Volumio 2 loading locked up when the line saying drive 0 zero already existed . Thanks for any info. Matt |
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Post by Chuck Elliot on Dec 23, 2016 10:01:18 GMT -5
...So if you have an older XDA-2 dac it will work fine with the raspberry pi3. Now I just need to figure out why Volumio 2 would not load. Anyone with thoughts on this I would be grateful for any tips. The Volumio 2 loading locked up when the line saying drive 0 zero already existed . Thanks for any info. Matt I too use a XDA-2 with my RPI3 Volumio setup. Questions/Suggestions: The correct booting of the RPI with the default Debian OS sort of proves that the RPI is ok. Are you using the 2.041 Volumio release? Try booting without the US Flash drive installed. What disk format are you using on the flash drive. I always use NTFS for the music drive USB HDD with powered USB Hub or Flash drive. |
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Post by kauai82 on Dec 23, 2016 12:37:47 GMT -5
...So if you have an older XDA-2 dac it will work fine with the raspberry pi3. Now I just need to figure out why Volumio 2 would not load. Anyone with thoughts on this I would be grateful for any tips. The Volumio 2 loading locked up when the line saying drive 0 zero already existed . Thanks for any info. Matt I too use a XDA-2 with my RPI3 Volumio setup. Questions/Suggestions: The correct booting of the RPI with the default Debian OS sort of proves that the RPI is ok. Are you using the 2.041 Volumio release? Try booting without the US Flash drive installed. What disk format are you using on the flash drive. I always use NTFS for the music drive USB HDD with powered USB Hub or Flash drive. Tried booting without USB flash drive installed and still hangs up in same place. Will get a powered USB hub and see if that works with Volumio 2. Will post later if this works. Thanks for the tips ! Matt |
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Post by jamco on Jan 3, 2017 19:13:40 GMT -5
IMO, adding a HighFiBerry Digi+ to the RPI and connecting the UMC-200 via Toslink or Coax is a better option if you can't use USB. There is also a Digi+ Pro version coming that has better clocking circuits and can use a separate SPDIF power-supply. Chuck – Thank you for your post on the new HiFiBerry Digi+ Pro SPDIF output board. This morning I received notification that my board shipped and should be here in a couple of weeks barring delays in customs. Everything else for my Raspberry Pi 3 build shows up on Friday. HiFiBerry states that “The Digi+ Pro card needs a new driver that isn't integrated in older Linux kernel that are still used by most distributions.” Several support websites indicated the same last weekend. A few folks said that piCorePlayer supports this new board. I'll likely start with piCorePlayer and eventually compare it to my Sonos Connect (SPDIF) using Tidal and Synology NAS. Time permitting, I'll update the kernel on Volumio 2. On a related note, by chance does anyone know which HiFiBerry Digi+ board (Transformer or Pro) Bryston selected for their BDP-Pi Digital Player ( link)?
UPDATE - I found the Raspberry Pi (RPi) approach to building your own headless music server intriguing enough to take it for a test drive. I built my server, loaded Max2Play and found myself missing the simplicity of my Sonos CONNECT. Long story short, I returned the RPi component parts and purchased a second Sonos CONNECT. The Sonos “Group” function is amazing when hosting a party. Life is good.
BTW, last month Sonos announced that Sonos users can now control their devices directly through their “Spotify Connect” function using their desktop, tablet and mobile app (requires “Sonos Controller” version 7). My hope is Tidal will do the same.
Happy New Year and Happy Streaming!
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Post by itphoenix on Jan 3, 2017 22:21:12 GMT -5
itphoenix Here are my settings- Kodi > Settings > System Audio Output device- ALSA: HDA ATI SB, AL892 Digital S/PDIF Output config- Optimized Sample rate- 96khz what ever you want Stereo upmix- yes original vol on downmix- yes Resample quality- High Keep Audio device alive- mine is off Support 8 ch DTS-HD- yes GUI sounds- what ever you want Enable passthrough- mine off- what ever you want Passthrough device- mine off- what ever you want Thanks for the info. |
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Post by Chuck Elliot on Mar 3, 2017 12:41:19 GMT -5
New Volumio version out today 2.114 3/3/17
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Post by klinemj on Sept 12, 2017 21:14:54 GMT -5
The simplest way: Connect the portable hard drive to the Raspberry Pi. Connect the Raspberry Pi to your network. Connect the USB output of the Raspberry Pi to the USB DAC input on the XMC-1. Burn Volumio onto a MicroSD card and plug it into the Pi (Volumio is FREE). Volumio is both the operating system for the Pi AND the music player. Plug the Pi into its wall wart. That's it. You're done!  Note that you will also need some sort of an interface to run it. You can do that from any device connected to your network that has a web browser (that could be a tablet, a computer, or even a phone). Or you could add a touch screen directly to the Raspberry Pi (they make cases that hold the Pi and the screen). I'm likely to do this soon...want to run my music from a Pi to a DC-1 to my new BasX A-100 (Emofest DEAL!!!) to my headphones. Do you if the latest version of Volumio does Tidal Masters like the PC version? I keep searching and the only things I see are inconclusive. Mark |
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Post by klinemj on Sept 12, 2017 21:25:03 GMT -5
One other question...I presume I could just add volumio to the card in the kit shown below and all would be fine. Correct? --->LINK HERE!!!!<---Thanks... Mark |
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Post by klinemj on Sept 12, 2017 22:16:30 GMT -5
One other question...I presume I could just add volumio to the card in the kit shown below and all would be fine. Correct? --->LINK HERE!!!!<---Thanks... Mark Nevermind! I see that Volumio is the OS and program all in one...got it on that! Other question stands... Mark |
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Post by klinemj on Sept 13, 2017 15:58:02 GMT -5
Bueller? Bueller? Does anyone know the answer to this question? Been search the net and can't find an answer... Do you know if the latest version of Volumio does Tidal Masters like the PC version? I keep searching and the only things I see are inconclusive Thanks! Mark |
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Post by KeithL on Sept 14, 2017 10:16:09 GMT -5
Should be fine. One other question...I presume I could just add volumio to the card in the kit shown below and all would be fine. Correct? --->LINK HERE!!!!<---Thanks... Mark |
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Post by KeithL on Sept 14, 2017 10:31:21 GMT -5
IMPORTANT WARNING!I just wanted to mention this again (it's been mentioned elsewhere). I am completely serious; this is NOT a joke! The Raspberry Pi does NOT like having its picture taken with a flash! If you take a picture of your Raspberry Pi with a camera that has a real flash (a flash TUBE - not LEDs) you will probably corrupt the micro-SD card with your software on it. The result will be that your Raspberry Pi will stop working - and you'll have to rewrite the software on the SD card. (It's not a big deal, but it is a nuisance.... and, if it happens, now you'll know why. ) This will happen even if you have one of the FLIRC metal cases (apparently enough light leaks in through the access slots). It will happen if you fire the flash within several feet of the Pi - even if it's not pointed directly at it. I've seen it happen with two different types of micro SD cards (it may or may not happen with all of them). It's happened to me three times so far.... and it's been documented on various Raspberry Pi forums. (I only run Volumio, so it definitely happens with that; I guess it might be dependent on what software you're running.) To prevent this you should literally throw a towel over your Raspberry Pi before taking flash pictures in its vicinity. The most likely scenario is that the light actually penetrates the thin plastic casing on the micro SD card sufficiently to corrupt the contents. I would assume that some cases block light well enough to prevent this... (although the FLIRC case provides pretty good coverage and it doesn't stop it). I would suspect that some SD cards may be more sensitive than others... (and I don't know if it still happens if your Pi is powered down at the time...)
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Post by Casey Leedom on Sept 14, 2017 10:51:57 GMT -5
Huh, weird. Is this solely something to do with the SD Card itself, or is there something happening with the Raspberry Pi that's causing the problem? I.e. if I just took a random SD Card, put it on a table and took a Flash Photo of it, would that cause it to lose its contents?
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Post by millst on Sept 14, 2017 11:21:51 GMT -5
No, it's nothing to do with the SD card itself. Also, I believe this only applies to the Pi 2. One of the power-related chips on the Pi is sensitive to xenon flashes and laser pointers. It does not damage the Pi at all, but does cause it to reboot or turn off. The latter is what can corrupt your SD card contents.
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Post by Casey Leedom on Sept 14, 2017 11:28:55 GMT -5
Ah, fascinating ...
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Post by KeithL on Sept 14, 2017 11:33:51 GMT -5
Cool... thanks for the update. That also suggests that simply turning the Pi Off when taking pictures should be sufficient to protect it. (Although, of course, most Raspberry Pi get left on 24/7.) I wonder if it could be shielded - or even painted with some sort of opaque paint - or covered with a small piece of self-adhesive metal tape - to protect it. No, it's nothing to do with the SD card itself. Also, I believe this only applies to the Pi 2. One of the power-related chips on the Pi is sensitive to xenon flashes and laser pointers. It does not damage the Pi at all, but does cause it to reboot or turn off. The latter is what can corrupt your SD card contents. -tm |
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Post by KeithL on Sept 14, 2017 11:34:37 GMT -5
Cool... thanks for the update. That also suggests that simply turning the Pi Off when taking pictures should be sufficient to protect it. (Although, of course, most Raspberry Pi get left on 24/7.) I wonder if it could be shielded - or even painted with some sort of opaque paint - or covered with a small piece of self-adhesive metal tape - to protect it. No, it's nothing to do with the SD card itself. Also, I believe this only applies to the Pi 2. One of the power-related chips on the Pi is sensitive to xenon flashes and laser pointers. It does not damage the Pi at all, but does cause it to reboot or turn off. The latter is what can corrupt your SD card contents. -tm |
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Post by millst on Sept 14, 2017 11:43:06 GMT -5
Yes. Last I read, people were sticking blu-tack on the chip (if they had a use case where they needed to flash the Pi while running).
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Post by KeithL on Sept 14, 2017 11:51:32 GMT -5
I found an article that mentions the chip number: www.raspberrypi.org/blog/xenon-death-flash-a-free-physics-lesson/I don't know about other software, or exactly which files are involved, but Volumio seems to be especially sensitive to this particular "shutdown mode", and tends to get corrupted. (I've never had any problem with Volumio if I simply unplug the Pi without a proper shutdown, but I've "flashed it to death" at least three times.) Yes. Last I read, people were sticking blu-tack on the chip (if they had a use case where they needed to flash the Pi while running). -tm |
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