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I updated to moode player 2.2 yesterday but I am having problems getting moode to recognise my NSA310 nas drive.
Can any users of moode/volumio with a nas drive give me some guidance to what I should be putting in the Remote Directory, username and password fields.
My Remote Directory is \\NSA310\music in windows, my nas user name admin, password 1234.
I am sure I am making a simple mistake it was working great in moode 2.1.
Thanks
Barry
Now sorted. :)
whats new in moode 2.2 Barry?
I know I'm not Barry but, http://moodeaudio.org/docs/tcmods-relnotes.txtQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
Cheers Marc. Seems to have quite a bit of change. Ive downloaded it.
This download is not turning into an image file when I extract it ... seems very odd
Currently installing moode 2.2. Have had radio on and now connecting hdd via usb. Radio sounded very good and a few more stations. Some more different settings too.
Let us know how it goes, Grant... I'd be interested in upgrading if it's worthwhile. :)
Thats it up and running Josie. Might just be foo, but I think it sounds better...more controlled. It now has a place for album art too...ok im still not getting it but if you touch it it takes you to web looking for pic. Dunno how or where youd save it though but someone brighter than me will. Output felll a little lower too.(likely just an impression)
Time will tell but it seems to update quicker too.
I keep my album art in the corresponding album folder (which in turn is in an 'artist' folder) Subsonic also does 'search for and store' for album (and artist) artwork and this is where it puts the files (which is why I have them there!).Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
A typical folder structure would go /music/James Brown/James Brown - The Payback/bunch of tracks, album art, cue sheets and a playlist file
The album art would have been in the folder after ripping as a jpg. Not sure what its called and cannot access it while connected to pi. Its not overly important i suppose.. Sound is king along with ease of use and reliability. My computing skills are limited these days as everything moves onward and i drift backwards:doh:
I might have a look later when i pluck up the courage Marc but am a little daunted by some of it tbh...
Perhaps you want to hit me up on PM and I'll try and get you working, then we can put together a noobs guide to improving your pi skills (having practiced on you ;-))
Where is your music stored for the pi at the moment?
Its on a powered hdd in the usb of pi. I have other copies so it could be re done. Maybe it should be but yes maybe the answer. I have similar copies on other drives on pc. I will take a look and pm you what it looks like
Cheers Marc
A quick question.
When using Moode. What is the best way to update the HDD with more music? I find it a bit flaky when you unplug it and copying over the network is slloooooooooow!
A file called folder.jpg in the same as the music files works fine.
dbPowerAmp puts one there if ripping.
Sometimes the cover images does not show but WTF I'm listening to music not admiring the album art and it is free software that does a good job.
Top marks to Tim Curtis
Ive regained access to the moode on pc upstairs with this new 2.2 build. I used to have it then upnp seemed to come on instead and wouldnt go off. This replaced the blue moode icon.. So i can see again whats on the hdd and alter it from afar agin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rothchild
Now it seems that for the ones ive looked at the album art folder is not there. Not sure why but looks like maybe jriver has embedded it into the tracks..dunno but the folder that was there is is not in view. I sent down a copy to one album to test but on update its not showing. Might be a wrong name so pm inbound Marc
Works for me too - every time .... once I start playing a track from an album the cover image appearsQuote:
Originally Posted by AlanS
I rip new stuff on a pc and now i have got a connection to moode again can send it to the hdd on pi via internal bb. Then just update the music folder on pi hdd. On pc look on left bar when looking for files etc. If not there look in network.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Adder
Ps you only need to update the music file section if there is other stuff on the hdd..itll be much quicker
Going to rename it that first and see if that worksQuote:
Originally Posted by mikmas
Cancel that pm...thats fixed it. Woopee! .....so this means i will have to send down god knows how many album arts to the hdd downstairs from pc :eek: It will be something nice to do when bored.
Thanks all.
Yep, got Moode listed in my drives but because it's copying over the network it's mega slow. Do you have your Pi linked via cable to your router? Mine is wifi.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Yes pi is on ethernet. Wireless from pc to router though. Its not super fast sending. I get an ave speed of 4mb/s on transfer. Its quick enough as your usually only adding a few at a time.. If your doing more then it would be better to power down pi and unplug then take hdd and hard wire via a pc and transfer.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Adder
I usually am only doing 1 or 2 at a time and it takes about a minute an album.
As for album art as mine seems to have been embedded and the folders removed. I now have to on pc. Find art and save it to moode hdd over wifi under title folder.jpg as stated by the lads. This time it works. It didnt on the 2.1 version for me
Again thanks ti all...made my day brighter
Its looking like this now
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09...79ed27f22f.jpg
Thanks, Grant :) I think I'll use a physical connection from my router to the Pi anyway, the wifi can get a bit sticky sometimes.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Glad you got the cover art working Grant :) I am having a few problems with it in moode 2.2 :( no problems in 2.1 :steam:
I use an ethernet cable for Pi and NAS. Learned the hard way and never posted to a forum once about it.
Its one of the reasons the forum exists..to pool collective knowledge and assist each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlanS
Interestingly after sending a few image files down to pi all the images seem to have appeared from nowhere lol. Thats saved me much work..not sure why but not complaining
Art work is handled differently in moode 2.2, some people are having problems, a bug fix, release 2.3 is due sometime.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Yes well initially even though pics for all music should have been there they were not showing in the folders. when I used the "folder.jpg and sent it down about 3 times all of a sudden it seems they have now appeared. maybe it got the message where to look or it might just have been working to rule;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kit1cat
For anyone who has album art problems version 2.3 now available.
I have downloaded it but yet to apply it.
I wonder what Volume knob cli support for USB DAC's is?
CLI is normally an abbreviation of 'Command Line Interface' aka the terminal, aka the prompt.
It's the most basic and (quite often) the most powerful way of interacting with the computer. I think in Windows it's referred to as 'the shell'.
CLI interface for USB volume is likely to be a little program that allows you to adjust the volume on a usb soundcard / dac and will probably look like 'ALSAMixer' (which there were screenshots of in the giant 'dinosaur FBA' thread.
2.3 seems ok
I had ripped my first album with no cover art. A search found the image, saving it as folder.jpg, updating the MPD database and it appeared as one would hope.
I didn't have much problem with covers in 2.2 though.
So far so good
Cpl questions if anyone can help.I have audio through pi and dac running Moode 1.8. How do I update this to the latest version and also how to go about setting up volume between player-dac and stereo amp.
Thanks Darren
Download the latest moode..think it is 2.3. From moode. org. Unzip and image it to sd card
Thanks Grant should have seen that.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Alsa volume and volume control.Hardware, software, disabled.
Any advice on these.
IQ-Audio DAC going into Cambridge Audio 840a amp.
Darren
I f you only want to use the volume control in your amp select disabled, if you want to use volume control in moode or a mixture of moode/amp select hardware.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darren66
Thanks Barry,just didn't want to damage anything. Will have a play around. What does the salsa volume do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kit1cat
Basicly there are 3 volume settings in alsamixer, the first two in moode 2.3 are set to on my default (you can turn them off if you have too much gain) the 3rd is like a master volume control, if moode volume is set to hardware the master volume is controlled from within moode, if moode volume is set to disabled the master volume is fixed and the volume controlled by the amp.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darren66
Thanks Barry had a quick use of both. Will stick with disabled and use the amp for volume control for now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kit1cat
I did mean alsa not salsa.
Hi Darren,Quote:
Originally Posted by Darren66
to get the best audio output from the Pi/DAC, you need to set MoOde to HARDWARE volume control and set the volume to 86 as a start point as this is 0db gain, you can adjust this up or down from within MoOde or by using Alsamixer via Putty or similar using your Pi's IP address.
If you do it within MoOde remember to save/refresh the settings.
As I say 86 is 0db, and you can increase or decrease to suit your ears/system as you like. It really does make a difference, and 86 is right for my amp etc. This still gives you the volume control via your amp, although for some reason using my iPad I can control the volume if I Airplay any music to the Pi, otherwise the amp is in total control. Don't use software volume control within MoOde or any other renderer for that matter ( Volumio/RuneAudio/PiCoreplayer) as its rubbish.
This image shows the Digital Output setting I have using Putty to gain access to Alsamixer and confirms that MoOde is set to 86 and 0 gain.
https://mikeyb.smugmug.com/Other/Odd...0Alsamixer.jpg
These show the settings within MoOde
https://mikeyb.smugmug.com/Other/Odd...%20setting.jpg
https://mikeyb.smugmug.com/Other/Odd...%20at%2086.jpg
Mike.
Hi Mike, I think when using airplay from your ipad via moode you are then using a software volume control. I have checked via alsamixer and any vouilme control from the ipad (spotify, ipeng etc) does not alter the digital volume control in alsamixer, it remains fixed.
Thanks for explaining that Mike will give it a go.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeyb
Apparently all is not as it once was - see the post from Gordon@IQ (first one on page 3) it confused me but maybe you can make sense of it:Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeyb
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...r-layout/page3
Could do with a bit of Moode help!
Just set up pi and IQaudio dac, all fairly smooth, and thanks to posts here, enough guidelines to get it working straight off.
Just one thing, it's found my Qnap nas - and the flac folder where my music is.
The problem is missing artists. Where have Leonard Cohen and David Byrne gone?
Any tips ?
Cheers
Steve
You will probably find them in the pub.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveW
:-)
Arf..
Any possibility they are there but been colated under a different title by the pi ?