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

[Stratmangler]

To save my wading through more than 1,500 posts, can anyone tell me whether it is possible to connect the digital output of a BluRay player to the Raspberry Pi and if so point me in the direction of any relevant posts please?

Thanks.

I would think it highly unlikely that a RasPi would accept a digital input from anything.
http://www.element14.com/community/d...r-raspberry-pi

[surv1v0r]

http://www.element14.com/community/d...r-raspberry-pi

Interesting, thanks.

[Starterman]

Well I suppose it had to happen, it is computer audio after all....
After a month of flawless use my RPi2 and IQDAC+ decided not to boot up.
I have now refreshed the micro SD card umpteen times, tried V2.1 of Moode several times. Sometimes it sort-of works, usually just the "this page cannot be loaded" taunt.

Of course the sodding thing let me down when I had visitors and we wanted some tunes.

FBA, more like FBFBA!!!!

Rant not over!

[struth]

Well I suppose it had to happen, it is computer audio after all....
After a month of flawless use my RPi2 and IQDAC+ decided not to boot up.
I have now refreshed the micro SD card umpteen times, tried V2.1 of Moode several times. Sometimes it sort-of works, usually just the "this page cannot be loaded" taunt.

Of course the sodding thing let me down when I had visitors and we wanted some tunes.

FBA, more like FBFBA!!!!

Rant not over!

You tried volumio....or another card?

[Kit1cat]

Like Grant said, try volumio and/or another card. How are you connected wifi or cable? Could be a ip address issue if connected via wifi, mine changes all the time plus some times I need to reboot my modem/router for the network to see my pi.

[Starterman]

Seems to be working after about 10 attempts.

Must admit I would like to disable the Ethernet connection, but the instructions here are beyond me:
http://moodeaudio.org/docs/tcmods-readme.txt

How on earth is normal person supposed to know what to do with instructions like this:
4. DISABLE ETH0 INTERFACE FOR FASTER BOOT
- WARNING: this is for an already operational WIFI setup!
a) /var/www/tcmods/r21/cmds/utility.sh edit-eth0
b) # out the eth0 lines
c) reboot

I could provide the following instructions on how to get to my local pub:
a) Turn right, then right again
b) Go through the front door
c) Order a pint at the bar

Would that help anyone find the pub???????

Rant still probably not over!

[AlanS]

It is unfortunate that the Pi has been spoken about like a CD Player on AoS. Buy it take it the box, plug it in to mains and amp input and away you go. It is very much not a plug and play solution and for those who do not follow the computer part it is probably best if one of two routes were taken 1) just leave it for others to mess with 2) get a local expert who will visit and fix whatever goes wrong for you.

Having messed with computers for 20 years I still find myself puzzled by the things so heaven help anyone who doesn't really want to know or have any aptitude.

[Krisbee]

Seems to be working after about 10 attempts.

Must admit I would like to disable the Ethernet connection, but the instructions here are beyond me:
http://moodeaudio.org/docs/tcmods-readme.txt

How on earth is normal person supposed to know what to do with instructions like this:
4. DISABLE ETH0 INTERFACE FOR FASTER BOOT
- WARNING: this is for an already operational WIFI setup!
a) /var/www/tcmods/r21/cmds/utility.sh edit-eth0
b) # out the eth0 lines
c) reboot

I could provide the following instructions on how to get to my local pub:
a) Turn right, then right again
b) Go through the front door
c) Order a pint at the bar

Would that help anyone find the pub???????

Rant still probably not over!

Not the clearest of instructions, to the pub that is.


My translation:

(a) You need to edit a file called " /var/www/tcmods/r21/cmds/utility.sh"
(b) you need to comment out the lines that refer to the wired ethernet connection - eth0 - by adding a # symbol to the begining of each relevant line.
(c) save the changes to the file and reboot.

Hmm, not a lot better because (1) how do you access and edit that file, and (2) how do know which lines to comment out?

Mr.Moode has clearly not considered the non-techy person here.

What I think this means is both the wired and any wireless connection are active on Moode, which might slow your boot time. So what? How often do you re-boot your RPi and how much longer are we talking about? If there's clear evidence that disabling the Ethernet connection is beneficial for other reason then I might do it. But then you won't have any easy fall back if the wireless connection drops. OK, just plug in your ethernet connection and re-boot you'd say, but it will it be recognised if you changed that file? If not, how do you get any kind of network connection back?

[Krisbee]

It is unfortunate that the Pi has been spoken about like a CD Player on AoS. Buy it take it the box, plug it in to mains and amp input and away you go. It is very much not a plug and play solution and for those who do not follow the computer part it is probably best if one of two routes were taken 1) just leave it for others to mess with 2) get a local expert who will visit and fix whatever goes wrong for you.

Having messed with computers for 20 years I still find myself puzzled by the things so heaven help anyone who doesn't really want to know or have any aptitude.

True, after all the PI is just another computer and like them all there can come a time when you need to tinker under the hood and/or grapple with techno babble in order to get it to do what you want. Having said that, the likes of Volumio, Moode, Rune and picoplayer have made it abut as plug n play as possible and in the case of the PI there is a wealth of knowledge you can tap into. No it's not a CD player, but then according to testimony when combined with the likes of an Iqaudio DAC it can sound better than many a spinner. It's your choice it you want to take the plunge.

[Krisbee]

Like Grant said, try volumio and/or another card. How are you connected wifi or cable? Could be a ip address issue if connected via wifi, mine changes all the time plus some times I need to reboot my modem/router for the network to see my pi.

You'd find is easier if you assigned a fixed Ip address to your PI. Check your router docs to see how to do this when using DHCP. It's often called "address reservation". The exact steps will depend on the make/model of your router. This is an example that applies to netgear only, but will give you an idea of what to look for:

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/de...gear-router%3F