(05-02-2021, 08:20 AM)adrii Wrote: Hi officialsm

There was an issue that mpd_oled would not start when using the Moode ALSA loopback if MPD had not started.

Check if you have a recent copy of mpd_oled that includes the launch test script

Code:

pi@moode:~ $ which mpd_oled_launch_test 
/usr/bin/mpd_oled_launch_test

If not, install the latest mpd_oled and see if this fixes the issue.

However, if you do have this script then please post the contents of the mpd_oled service file

Code:

cat /etc/systemd/system/mpd_oled.service

Adrian.

(05-02-2021, 03:17 PM)adrii Wrote: Hi officialsm

That all seems fine. Next time mpd_oled fails to start at boot please run the following command (before running any extra commands to start mpd_oled) and post the output

Code:

systemctl status mpd_oled

Adrian.

(05-04-2021, 10:44 AM)adrii Wrote: Hi officialsm

Thanks for the extra details. The error is clear, but unexpected. Are you using the Moode UI option to enable the audio copy (https://github.com/antiprism/mpd_oled/blob/master/doc/install_moode7_deb.md#configure-a-copy-on-moode-72-and-later)?

The launch test script checks that mpd is running before mpd_oled is started. When using the Moode configured audio copy Moode loads the ALSA loopback device before mpd is started, and so the loopback device should be available when mpd_oled starts. Here is my startup log

Code:

pi@moode:~ $ moodeutl -l
...

20210503 125650 worker: ALSA loopback (On)
20210503 125650 worker: Reset renderer active flags
20210503 125650 worker: CamillaDSP (off)
20210503 125650 worker: -- MPD startup
20210503 125651 worker: MPD started
20210503 125652 worker: MPD accepting connections
...

If you look at your startup log you should be able to see if the ALSA loopback device was loaded before mpd was started, and could also review it for any errors relating to this.

Adrian.

(05-04-2021, 12:04 PM)adrii Wrote: Hi officialsm

Again, that all seems fine. In which case, I can think of two possibilities to test: 1. the launch test script is failing to wait until mpd has started, 2. mpd has started without the loopback device being loaded.

Could you replace the contents of '/usr/bin/mpd_oled_launch_test' with

Code:

#!/bin/bash

sysname="unknown"

moodeutl_path="/usr/local/bin/moodeutl"
volumio_path="/volumio"
raudio_path="/srv/http/command/rune_shutdown"

if test -f "$moodeutl_path" ; then
   sysname="moode"
   until ps -C mpd > /dev/null; do
      sleep 10
   done
   lsmod | grep snd
   ps ax | grep mpd
   moodeutl -l

elif test -f "$volumio_path" ; then
     sysname="volumio"
     until ps -C mpd > /dev/null; do
        sleep 10
     done
elif test -f "$raudio_path" ; then
     sysname="raudio"
     until ps -C mpd > /dev/null; do
        sleep 10
     done
fi

This will log whether mpd is running, and whether the loopback module is loaded, and whether the Moode log says the loopback device is loaded, all immediately before mpd_oled is started.

After updating the script, next time mpd_oled fails to start, please post the output of the following commands

Code:

systemctl status mpd_oled
journalctl -u mpd_oled.service -b

Adrian.