Moode Player Help

[stree]

I understand that Tim and did consider the IQ AMP n DAC board, great solution.... But, there is a but......................
At the risk of clogging up a Moode help thread with non Moode help, I will outline what I intend. if anyone can see me heading for disaster a nudge would be welcome..........not towards disaster, but to help me avoid it!
Two constraints on this, first is available space, second is budget. This part is mainly imaginary, often there is no budget. Oh and a third, knowledge, or lack of it.
I have a Technics SL5 turntable 318mmx318mm footprint and this goes through a Behringer PP400 pre-amp, to a Muse 7498(?) amp with RC volume and USB and full size SD slot WAV FLAC player etc........Not interested in the WAV and FLAAC here, just the amp part and RC.
I also have a pair of KEF Cresta 11 speakers, bought new, about 100 hours use tops.
On the other side of the equation Win7 PC wireless router, D-link 320 NAS R PiB+ ( which will have a DAC, probably an IQAudio)........I have run this too through this Tamp and its fine.
Now, the amp has 1 pair of RCA inputs........I am considering using a 4 pole 3 way rotary switch, wired to a bank of RCA sockets, way 1 will be TT way 2 for Pi and 3 for AUX?
If I use the IQ Pi-amp+ this will cater for the pi, but there are no inputs for any external devices.........So I would need two systems and any switching to be done on the speaker cabling ( I assume)
If I use the Tamp method, I intend to build an oak plinth/case to sit under the TT ( Its all on a solid brick platform with an 8mm porcelain tile top, so flat and solid) and to house all the parts, with the 3 way switch, maybe the physical amp volume extended to mount on front and a screen for either artist-album-track display , or even a touchscreen 3.5" LCD so player can be accessed there too via touch.
I have 4WBT and 8 Rean RCA and 4 mtrs of shielded twin wire microphone cable available to make up interconnects custom to length. probably only a few inches each in length.
I will edit the atrocious spelling in a minute.......
Still gathering ideas before I start buying more, and cutting and soldering..............

[TimCurtis]

I understand that Tim and did consider the IQ AMP n DAC board, great solution.... But, there is a but......................
At the risk of clogging up a Moode help thread with non Moode help, I will outline what I intend. if anyone can see me heading for disaster a nudge would be welcome..........not towards disaster, but to help me avoid it!
Two constraints on this, first is available space, second is budget. This part is mainly imaginary, often there is no budget. Oh and a third, knowledge, or lack of it.
I have a Technics SL5 turntable 318mmx318mm footprint and this goes through a Behringer PP400 pre-amp, to a Muse 7498(?) amp with RC volume and USB and full size SD slot WAV FLAC player etc........Not interested in the WAV and FLAAC here, just the amp part and RC.
I also have a pair of KEF Cresta 11 speakers, bought new, about 100 hours use tops.
On the other side of the equation Win7 PC wireless router, D-link 320 NAS R PiB+ ( which will have a DAC, probably an IQAudio)........I have run this too through this Tamp and its fine.
Now, the amp has 1 pair of RCA inputs........I am considering using a 4 pole 3 way rotary switch, wired to a bank of RCA sockets, way 1 will be TT way 2 for Pi and 3 for AUX?
If I use the IQ Pi-amp+ this will cater for the pi, but there are no inputs for any external devices.........So I would need two systems and any switching to be done on the speaker cabling ( I assume)
If I use the Tamp method, I intend to build an oak plinth/case to sit under the TT ( Its all on a solid brick platform with an 8mm porcelain tile top, so flat and solid) and to house all the parts, with the 3 way switch, maybe the physical amp volume extended to mount on front and a screen for either artist-album-track display , or even a touchscreen 3.5" LCD so player can be accessed there too via touch.
I have 4WBT and 8 Rean RCA and 4 mtrs of shielded twin wire microphone cable available to make up interconnects custom to length. probably only a few inches each in length.
I will edit the atrocious spelling in a minute.......
Still gathering ideas before I start buying more, and cutting and soldering..............

Hi Chris,

Yes of course, with multiple sources and an input switch u would want a DAC board for the Pi. Toss in a nice 10" powered subwoofer for the KEF's and you are all set :-)

Regards,
Tim

[TimCurtis]

Hi,

Just a brief update on last few changes to 2.5 before I let it sit for a few days.

(1) Airplay receiver, UPnP renderer and DLNA server can be turned on/off, names changed WITHOUT rebooting.
(2) DLNA server database, art cache and log moved to /root for increased capacity.
(3) Library panel albums list sorted using a method that ignores articles "a, and, the" at the beginning of album name.
(4) Audio device database updated with over 30 new devices 10 of which are I2S DAC's :-)

Regards,
Tim

[TimCurtis]

Hi,

Moode Audio Player release 2.5 is available for download at http://moodeaudio.org :-)

This release has many new features, improvements and bug fixes. Please read the attached release notes and view the updated player setup instructions for more information.

Enjoy!

Regards,
Tim Curtis

======================
2.5 Release 2016-02-27
======================

New features

- NEW: Hotplug for USB audio and storage devices
- NEW: Caching Library loader with increased capacity for large collections
- NEW: Server generated enhanced metadata external applications
- NEW: LCD updater engine for running user defined Python script to update LCD
- NEW: Automatic volume configuration when hardware (ALSA) volume controller exists
- NEW: No reboot needed for Airplay, UPnP renderer and DLNA server on/off or name change
- NEW: Smart poweroff and reboot screens with reconnect btn and reboot-ready ticker
- NEW: Automatic reconnect after network interruption
- NEW: Library coverart click-menu for add/play Genre, Artist, Album or entire collection
- NEW: Song file "encoded at" bit depth, sample rate and channels displayed on Audio info
- NEW: Allow-hotplug eth0 interface for faster boot on Wifi
- NEW: Vol.sh command line interface (CLI) for volume knob and mute
- NEW: Web interface for volume and mute via http://moode/command?cmd=vol.sh <arg>
- NEW: Customize setting to display extra metadata (Track x/y, Year, Composer)
- NEW: Customize setting to resume Moode playback after Airplay session ends
- NEW: Customize settings for PCM5122 on-chip DSP filter and analog volume options
- NEW: Automatic stream link updater for Soma FM radio stations

Media

- NEW: Eldoradio (Eldo.lu) 256K stream
- NEW: KCMP 89.3 FM - The Current
- NEW: MPR - Minnesota Public Radio
- NEW: SomaFM - Logo for DEF CON Radio
- NEW: SomaFM - Metal Detector - From black to doom, prog to sludge, thrash to post, stoner to crossover, punk to industrial.
- UPD: Zappa Stream Radio direct stream link updated

Audio devices

- I2S: Audiophonics PCM5102 DAC
- I2S: DIYINHK ES9023 DAC
- I2S: HIFI DAC+
- I2S: HIFI Digi+
- I2S: IanFIFO II
- I2S: IQaudIO Pi-DACZero
- I2S: Pimoroni pHAT DAC
- I2S: PlainAMP
- I2S: PlainDSP
- I2S: Soekris DAM1021
- I2S: Suptronics x400
- USB: Audiolab M-DAC
- USB: Cambridge Audio Azur 851D DAC
- USB: Cambrige DACMagic 100
- USB: Customworks DAC-1
- USB: CEntrance DACmini CX
- USB: DEQX XS-1 USB-Audio 24/192 v4
- USB: Gustard U12
- USB: Halide Design USB-S/PDIF Bridge
- USB: HRT Microstreamer
- USB: HRT Music Streamer II+
- USB: Lukit WaveIO USB-I2S/SPDIF Bridge
- USB: Meridian Director DAC
- USB: Meridian Explorer 2
- USB: Musical Fidelity V90-DAC
- USB: Nuforce DDA 100
- USB: Peachtree Nova 220se
- USB: Teac UD-H01
- USB: Topping D20 DAC
- USB: Trends UD-10

Updates

- UPD: Pre-3.0 rewrite and restructure of entire 2.x code base
- UPD: Linux kernel updated to 4.1.15+
- UPD: MPD updated to 0.19.12
- UPD: Shairport-sync updated to 2.9.1 development version
- UPD: Changed CIFS mount rsize/wsize to defaults rsize=61440 and wsize=65536 for improved throughput
- UPD: Changed to async in usbmount.conf for improved throughput when copying files to the mount
- UPD: Add help text for MPD audio buffer fields
- UPD: Validate MPD volume control field (don't present "Hardware" if hdwr vol controller does not exist)
- UPD: Validate Hardware volume control section on Customize popup (same as above)
- UPD: Add 8192cu.conf to etc/modprobe.d for improved disable of power saving
- UPD: Improve ellipsis truncation for file path on Audio info to prevent wrapping
- UPD: Increase brightness of artist name in Library for improved visability
- UPD: Only display Artist on 2nd line of Library tracks
- UPD: Differentiate between CIFS lazy umount and NFS force umount
- UPD: Turn off NGINX access logging
- UPD: Config NGINX for improved performance
- UPD: Increase PHP pm.max_children to support higher number of concurrent clients
- UPD: Reactivate PHP watchdog for more graceful handling of resource limits
- UPD: DLNA server database moved to root partition for increased capacity
- UPD: Library albums sort ignores articles "a, and, the" at beginning of album name
- UPD: Calculate decode bitrate for WAV and AIFF formats on Audio Info popup
- UPD: Deprecate Kernel Select, Kernel Profiles, CMedia Fix, SRC resampler, Automatic MPD DB update
- UPD: Additions and changes to player setup instructions

Bug fixes

- FIX: WiFi configuration fails when SSID or password contain spaces or special characters
- FIX: Time knob not cleared after last item in playlist finishes
- FIX: Vertical page position (at top of knobs or coverart) on small screens moves when song changes
- FIX: Samba invalid security option causing warning when MPD starts
- FIX: MPD init.d start removed since its already started by Moode worker daemon
- FIX: MPD config missing restore_paused "yes"
- FIX: Volume up/dn buttons not being disabled when knob disabled
- FIX: Logic causing unnecessary UI updates even though song does not change
- FIX: Warnings from legacy CSS "*element" statements in certain CSS files
- FIX: Incomplete Google search string for Radio stations that provide song title
- FIX: Bad var name in getMixerName function for Hifiberry AMP(AMP+)
- FIX: System config SET not performing both ON/OFF and name change as group
- FIX: Library total track time blank when individual track has bad or missing song time
- FIX: Bad char in Roots Legacy Radio url
- FIX: Playback panel not updating after Library playAll
- FIX: Inertia scrolling not working on IOS
- FIX: Last few items in Browse, Library and Playlist being obscured by footer
- FIX: Audiophonics PCM5122 DAC using wrong i2s driver
- FIX: Duplicate entries in playback history log for titles having embedded single quote
- FIX: Library panel track list sort order for compilation albums

[Stig]

Hi Tim
I thought that I’d pop by to say thanks for your super MoOde Audio Player which I have set up as follows.

It’s a two PI bake.

One set up as a DNLA server and the other as a UPNP renderer.

My control point is Bubble DS Next.

The ultimate light weight music player/streamer.

Sounds way cool and is so compact.

Easy to set up even for a novice like me.

ATM I have an IFI IDAC2 (so add that to your list) running perfectly but also have WaveIO –Buffalo3, Soerkris DAM and TP Opus to try so I’ll keep you posted on those.

Thanks for sharing all of your hard work and the awesome audio Swiss army knife of a player that you’ve created.

[TimCurtis]

Hi Tim
I thought that I’d pop by to say thanks for your super MoOde Audio Player which I have set up as follows.

It’s a two PI bake.

One set up as a DNLA server and the other as a UPNP renderer.

My control point is Bubble DS Next.

The ultimate light weight music player/streamer.

Sounds way cool and is so compact.

Easy to set up even for a novice like me.

ATM I have an IFI IDAC2 (so add that to your list) running perfectly but also have WaveIO –Buffalo3, Soerkris DAM and TP Opus to try so I’ll keep you posted on those.

Thanks for sharing all of your hard work and the awesome audio Swiss army knife of a player that you’ve created.

Hi,

Thanks for the nice compliment!

Your config is really cool :-) I'll add the IFI IDAC2 to 2.6 device database.

Regards,
Tim

[TimCurtis]

Hi,

FYI - There is a typo in the img file name inside the r25 zip...OOPS. New downloads will be available shortly. In the meantime, the existing zips have been deleted.

Thanks in advance for your patience :-)

Regards,
Tim

[TimCurtis]

Hi,

Thanx for everyones patience. The new download zips are available :-)

Just to b sure, I downloaded from 2 sites and tested on Pi-1B & 2B.

Regards,
Tim

[killie99]

Hi Stuart,

The symptom "cannot access by name and must use ip address" suggests a configuration issue in the router or that the router does not include either DNS or mDNS name resolution services.

Moode WebUI is basically a web site accessed via standard http port 80. There are three urls that can be used to access Moode depending on how names are resolved on the network.

(1) http://moode
(2) http://moode.local
(3) http://IP-ADDRESS-OF-PI

For example on my home network, my router, an ASUS RT-N66U, includes a DNS name resolution service that automatically places the host name of the Pi in its database when the Pi receives its ip address from the router. This allows the router to resolve the host name "moode" to its ip address in the url http://moode.

Another approach used by routers is to include a name resolution service called Multicast DNS or mDNS instead of DNS (Unicast DNS). This service performs name resolution for host names with a .local suffix. In this case http://moode.local should work.

Lastly, if name resolution service is not present in the router, the ip address can be used.

Regards,
Tim

Hi Tim, Ok, so I bought an Asus RT-N66U, how the devil do I get it to respond to http://moode ? I've RTFM but I'm none the wiser!

I've downloaded the latest version of moode but I'm getting some screen corruption in the left hand pane (overlapping text) when I use my HP Envy X2, any ideas? It displays fine on my desktop pc.

[killie99]

ok more probably silly questions. How do I play a complete album? I can see to add a track to the playlist but how do I add a complete album as there isn't an 'action' menu next to the album??