I have just spent about 6 hours over 2 days trying to get Moode running again, after a random "nothing happens" failure.

I have now renamed FBA Frustration Based Audio!

Anyway, I have wiped most of the foam from around my mouth and my blood pressure is back below 300. In order to save some other poor sod (and myself, next time) a heart attack, here is my setup procedure - modified from Tim's readme.

It is specific to my particular setup of IQDAC+, USB hard drive and USB dongle for remote control. Hopefully it's of some help for others:

Moode Audio Payer SD Card Setup

Use Moode 2.3 image (not Zip file, this needs to be unzipped using 7-zip):
C:\Users\dave\Downloads\moode-sdimg-r23\moode-sdimg-r23

Use Winddiskimager to write IMG file to SD card.

Then…..
================================================== ===============README: PLAYER SETUP Moode Audio Player, (C) 2014 Tim Curtishttp://moodeaudio.org Designed for Raspberry Pi================================================ ================= NOTE: Use http://moode -or- http://moode.local 1. INITIAL SETUP a) insert sd card (but not USB wireless dongle) b) connect ethernet cable c) connect USB storage device (if any) 2. POWERING UP - IF USB AUDIO DEVICE a) power on Raspberry Pi without USB audio device connected b) http://moode c) plug audio device device into USB port d) reboot - IF I2S AUDIO DEVICE a) power on the Raspberry Pi with I2S audio device connected b) http://moode c) Menu, Configure, System d) select i2s audio device then SET e) reboot (via Settings, Power off, Reboot)f) Set MPD to hardware volume WARNING: Set volume to 0 and stop play back before changing this setting.g) Select Customise, Hardware volume curve – set to Logarithmic - VERIFY/SET ALSA VOLUME a) http://moode b) Menu, Configure, System c) Press SET after entering appropriate value (no need to reboot) - VERIFY AUDIO PLAYBACK a) http://moode b) Click a radio station from the Playlist c) Check correct operation of volume control 3. TIME ZONE AND AUDIO DEVICE DESCRIPTION a) http:/moode b) Menu/System, Timezone c) Menu, Customize, Audio device description, Device 4. ADD SOURCE CONTAINING MUSIC FILES - USB STORAGE DEVICE a) http:/moode b) Menu, Configure, Sources c) press UPDATE MPD DATABASE button d) WAIT for completion (no spinner on the Browse tab) e) click Browse tab then Menu, Refresh - NAS DEVICE a) http://moode b) Menu, Configure, Sources c) click NEW button to configure a music source (MPD DB update initiates automatically after SAVE) d) WAIT for completion (no spinner on the Browse tab) e) click Browse tab then Menu, Refresh At this point a FULLY OPERATIONAL PLAYER exists. ================================================== ===============CUSTOM CONFIGSCustomize the player configuration by using any of the followingprocedures.============================== =================================== 1. CHANGE PLAYER HOSTAND NETWORK SERVICE NAMES a) http:/moode b) Menu, Configure, System c) Press SET after entering appropriate value in each name field d) reboot 2. CHANGE PASSWORD FOR USER ROOT a) ssh root@moode (pwd moode) b) passwd root (prompts will follow) c) reboot 3. CONFIGURE FOR WIFI CONNECTION a) power off (from Menu/Turn off) b) insert wifi dongle c) power up (leave eth cable connected!) d) http://moode e) Menu, Configure, Network f) configure a wifi connection (can take ~ 60 seconds to complete) BTHub3-????Security WPA/WPA2 Personal Note: WLAN “Not Used” should change to the WLAN addressNote 2: 1st got “No Interface Present” then refreshed the page using Windows (top left) refresh. This seemed to work. g) power off, unplug eth cable, power upThis bit seems to be random with several attempts needed and the patience of a bloke dressed in orange robes! 4. DISABLE ETH0 INTERFACE FOR FASTER BOOT - WARNING: this is for an already operational WIFI setup! a) /var/www/tcmods/r23/cmds/utility.sh edit-eth0 b) # out the eth0 lines c) reboot ================================================== ===============END README============================================ =====================

Check ALSAMixer settings by running Putty. 192.168.1.104
Login as Pi
Password: raspberry

Explanation of volume settings:
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...er-Help/page10