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Pimoroni Phat DAC not listed in version 9.0.3 - yellowruby - 06-27-2024

Hello, I use an old but trusty Pimoroni Phat DAC with my Raspberry Pi Zero W setups, yet when I loaded the most recent version 9.0.3, the Pimoroni Phat DAC was no longer listed as a Named I2S device. Is that an omission from this release, or is there another equivalent Named I2S device that I could choose that is equivalent to the Pimoroni Phat DAC? (I'm guessing the latter applies, so as to keep the list of devices from getting overly lengthy.) Thank you!


RE: Pimoroni Phat DAC not listed in version 9.0.3 - Sniglar - 06-27-2024

Pimoroni Phat DAC uses HiFiBERRY DAC from Moode's "Named I2S device" drop down list. I think the volume type is automatically sorted during the restart to install the I2S device and it should be Software.

I had an issue where, after installing the Pimoroni Phat DAC by selecting HiFiBERRY DAC as a named I2S and restarting, the Output device in Audio configuration was stuck on HDMI (no sound and a warning popped up when I pressed play). I went back into Audio configuration and selected "0: HiFiBerry DAC" from the Output device drop down and that fixed it.


RE: Pimoroni Phat DAC not listed in version 9.0.3 - DRONE7 - 06-27-2024

Version 9.0.3 / Bookworm is a 64Bit O/S and won't run on a Pi Zero W
Will run on a Zero 2 W.

Which do you have ?


RE: Pimoroni Phat DAC not listed in version 9.0.3 - yellowruby - 06-27-2024

(06-27-2024, 07:04 AM)DRONE7 Wrote: Version 9.0.3 / Bookworm is a 64Bit O/S and won't run on a Pi Zero W
Will run on a Zero 2 W.

Which do you have ?

Mea culpa! Correct, I am running on a RPi Zero 2 W. Thank you for noting that!


RE: Pimoroni Phat DAC not listed in version 9.0.3 - yellowruby - 06-27-2024

(06-27-2024, 06:50 AM)Sniglar Wrote: Pimoroni Phat DAC uses HiFiBERRY DAC from Moode's "Named I2S device" drop down list. I think the volume type is automatically sorted during the restart to install the I2S device and it should be Software.

I had an issue where, after installing Phat DAC as a named I2S and restarting, the Output device in Audio Configuration was stuck on HDMI (no sound and a warning popped up when I pressed play). I went back into Audio configuration and selected "0: HiFiBerry DAC" from the Output device drop down and that fixed it.

I just selected the HiFiBerry DAC as the Named I2S device with 0: HiFiBerry DAC as the Output device and all works perfectly. I am using CamillaDSP and had to override control of volume from CamillaDSP to Fixed (0db), but otherwise, seems to work just fine. I've also noticed that with CamillaDSP, I need to set the SoX Resampling options under the MPD Options to Any for Bit Depth and Any for Sample Rate, instead of 24/192. Thank you!


RE: Pimoroni Phat DAC not listed in version 9.0.3 - Tim Curtis - 06-27-2024

Try using the resampling in Camilla instead of MPD/SoX.


RE: Pimoroni Phat DAC not listed in version 9.0.3 - yellowruby - 06-27-2024

(06-27-2024, 09:02 PM)Tim Curtis Wrote: Try using the resampling in Camilla instead of MPD/SoX.

Okay, I had not thought of that. I was using resampling through MPD/SoX because I figured it was hardware-based on the DAC, but CamillaDSP is pretty incredible and I'll give it a shot! Thank you!