'Analog Dinosaur' succumbs to the joys of FBA : enter Raspberry Pi 2/IQ-Audio DAC+!!

[Kit1cat]

Geoff, when I used picoreplayer with my NAS, I set a static ip address for the NAS and entered the ip address in picoreplayer menus. This was a while back and LMS was installed on the NAS, so not sure if it will help.

[WAD62]

Will,

followed your clear instructions (including re-purposing a 32gb Sandisk sd card) and have successfully installed the latest PiCore player and LMS on my RPi. Everything is fine and the settings show correct on the web viewer http://192.168.1.182/cgi-bin/main.cgi page.

Problem is I can't get it to see my NAS disk (a My Book Live 3tb) despite it showing up on Fing as being connected.

Any ideas of where I am going wrong?

Geoff
Are you Microsoft or Mac?

If Microsoft, have you mapped your NAS 'Share' folder as a network drive? If so that's the 'Share' name you need to provide along with the IP address and UserID/PW combo

[Sherwood]

Are you Microsoft or Mac?

If Microsoft, have you mapped your NAS 'Share' folder as a network drive? If so that's the 'Share' name you need to provide along with the IP address and UserID/PW combo

PC User though the WD NAS is connected to my BT (Home Hub 5) Router. It is set for sharing.

Also having trouble getting PiCore Player to locate FLAC files on USB drives directly connected to the RPi.

Where do I enter the path details?

Geoff

BTW.. I am able to access and play internet radio files so that part of the installation is OK!

[WAD62]

PC User though the WD NAS is connected to my BT (Home Hub 5) Router. It is set for sharing.

Also having trouble getting PiCore Player to locate FLAC files on USB drives directly connected to the RPi.

Where do I enter the path details?

Geoff

BTW.. I am able to access and play internet radio files so that part of the installation is OK!

It's on the LMS tab (in advanced), you have three sets of configurations, the first for the Index on the SD card, the second for a USB drive (again you need to install additional file system software if you want to use NTFS), and the third is for a NAS configuration...I tried to put a screen shot up but it was unintelligible ;)

Again is your NAS mapped as a network drive to your PC/Laptop?

Hopefully this is more legible...

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And a full delta scan, with 7 new albums in 4.5 mins, of a 2.7K CD FLAC collection on the NAS...

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[Sherwood]

It's on the LMS tab (in advanced), you have three sets of configurations, the first for the Index on the SD card, the second for a USB drive (again you need to install additional file system software if you want to use NTFS), and the third is for a NAS configuration...I tried to put a screen shot up but it was unintelligible ;)

Again is your NAS mapped as a network drive to your PC/Laptop?

Hopefully this is more legible...

19720

And a full delta scan, with 7 new albums in 4.5 mins, of a 2.7K CD FLAC collection on the NAS...

19721

Although I am quite tech savvy and persistent I think it is time to give up on this installation. My NAS drive is set for sharing and is accessible to other devices. I have entered the names and passwords correctly and still I cannot access my FLAC files. I can't even access files on a usb drive plugged into the Rpi despite mounting it on the LMS advanced settings. I think the problems are all with LMS rather than PiCore player which works fine with inernet radio.

Geoff

[WAD62]

Although I am quite tech savvy and persistent I think it is time to give up on this installation. My NAS drive is set for sharing and is accessible to other devices. I have entered the names and passwords correctly and still I cannot access my FLAC files. I can't even access files on a usb drive plugged into the Rpi despite mounting it on the LMS advanced settings. I think the problems are all with LMS rather than PiCore player which works fine with inernet radio.

Geoff

Did you install the additional file system software, for NTFS etc?

and one last thought, you do need to re-boot after you've set up the USB/NAS configuration, in order for the 'mount' to occur

[Sherwood]

Did you install the additional file system software, for NTFS etc?

and one last thought, you do need to re-boot after you've set up the USB/NAS configuration, in order for the 'mount' to occur

Installed everything and rebooted so many times I could open a shoe shop. Time to go back to Volumio I think unless you can see something obviously wrong from this screenshot.

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Thanks

[WAD62]

Installed everything and rebooted so many times I could open a shoe shop. Time to go back to Volumio I think unless you can see something obviously wrong from this screenshot.

19770

Thanks

Same problem as when I tried to post a screen shot...I can't read it, perhaps a photo might be more legible?

[SantanaCorreia]

Dear friends,

I need your opinion.
Yesterday I set up my Pi3 and iqaudio dac pro.

The software is volumio. The sound is not that good at all. No bass, no highs, no stereo image. Mids are ok. Configured it very carefully and chose the iqaudio dac+ on the settings.

Is there anything missing?

[struth]

Well something is wrong. Not using volumio but last time i tried the new version it sounded very good. Certainly needs looking into

[WAD62]

Dear friends,

I need your opinion.
Yesterday I set up my Pi3 and iqaudio dac pro.

The software is volumio. The sound is not that good at all. No bass, no highs, no stereo image. Mids are ok. Configured it very carefully and chose the iqaudio dac+ on the settings.

Is there anything missing?
Have you been into ALSAMIXER to increase the volume of the IQaudio DAC card?... there's a PDF describing the process on the IQaudio site :)

It's towards the end of this document...

http://www.iqaudio.com/downloads/IQaudIO.pdf

[SantanaCorreia]

Have you been into ALSAMIXER to increase the volume of the IQaudio DAC card?... there's a PDF describing the process on the IQaudio site :)

It's towards the end of this document...

http://www.iqaudio.com/downloads/IQaudIO.pdf
I will test it next weekend. Many thanks

[WAD62]

I will test it next weekend. Many thanks

You'll need 'Putty' to SSH into your Pi...

http://www.putty.org/

[SantanaCorreia]

You'll need 'Putty' to SSH into your Pi...

http://www.putty.org/
That I dont know how to do... I will ask someone.

[WAD62]

That I dont know how to do... I will ask someone.

They'll need to refer to this...

http://www.iqaudio.com/downloads/IQaudIO.pdf

[Terry]

Hi Everyone

I'm still using this setup fo my digital files from a hdd, currently with a Raspberry Pi 3 and a IQaudIO Hat.
I wondered if I'm still in the loop with digital playback or am I years behind ? :)

Is there any better way to go nowadays ? I still want to be able to play my files from the hdd and controlled by a phone/tablet app

Look forward to any of your suggestions

Thanks

[Qwin]

Hi Terry
I use the RPi4B that's built into my Okto DAC8 Stereo.
You don't mention what Player software you are using, I use MoOde.
If you turn on UPnP in your audio settings you can use the Bubble UPnP app on an Android Phone/tablet.
With this, I can not only access my NAS storage, or any other device on my home network, it also allows me to access my streaming service (Qobuz).
With Qobuz via the Bubble app, I can play my favourites, search/play their library or new releases and save any choices to my favourites.
The App works with any Android Phone/Tablet. It's just a search and control device, so doesn't play the music on the phone, it just tells MoOde on the RPi which tracks to grab and play, either across the local network or via my internet streaming service.
I'm very happy with the set up.

[MisterMoseley]

Hi Gordon
Although I’m not running your Pi-DAC HAT, I am running your Amp HAT on a 2 Gb Pi4. Moode software.
It’s serving a pair of Castle Severn 2s in my second system with 35w on tap.
Quite frankly, SQ wise it’s sounding so far above what I would have expected at it’s price point.
As a matter of interest, could I mount the Amp HAT on top of your DAC board, thereby circumnavigating the Amp HAT’s on board DAC??