Upcoming moOde 7.1.0 release

[fdealexa]

Hi,

Here's an updated WIP relnotes and some screen shots :-)

If user has installed RoonBridge then it will be supported in Audio Config and via renderer management.

  

Code:

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New features

- NEW: CamillaDSP including Pipeline Editor
- NEW: RoonBridge renderer (requires user install)
- NEW: Radio station utility for import/export/manage

Audio devices

- NEW: Allo Boss 2 w/OLED display

Updates

- UPD: Bump to MPD 0.22.4
- UPD: Bump to CamillaDSP 0.5.0-beta4
- UPD: Bump to ALSA cdsp (commit e941420)
- UPD: Bump to upmpdcli 1.5.8 w/updated coverart util
- UPD: Bump to miniDLNA 1.3.0
- UPD: Bump to moodeutl 1.5.2
- UPD: Add Clear/Add to Lbrary context menus
- UPD: Add Track info to Queue context menu
- UPD: Add Comment tag to "Track info" dialog
- UPD: Add Cover/logo to Audio info
- UPD: Add Throttled state to System info
- UPD: Disable power save for integrated WiFi
- UPD: Set correct 0dB level for HDMI
- UPD: Open station home page for "Streaming source"
- UPD: Automatically detect SMB protocol version
- UPD: Improve Crossfeed settings and a Linkwitz setting
- UPD: Selectively add/remove dtoverlay audio lines

Bug fixes

- FIX: Wrong PHP version in localui.service and build recipe
- FIX: Add revision code for Pi-4B 2GB 1.4
- FIX: Squeezelite binary crashes on ARM6
- FIX: Librespot volume curve option
- FIX: Order of excution for starting watchdog
- FIX: Airplay, Spotify not able to output to Crossfeed DSP

Hello Tim and Hello everybody,
I noticed that you annunced a " NEW: Radio station utility for import/export/manage": would you please be so kind to provide us some details? As you probably remember I have the problem of a big amount of radio stations that cannot be managed by the current utility (Max 75MB).
I will appreciated it very much.
Thank you very much, sorry for the disturb and best regards,
Francesco

[TheOldPresbyope]

@fdealexa

Hi, Francesco:

The new utility was written by @bitlab for the upcoming moOde 7.1.0 in which it replaces the existing Radio Manager. However it can be also be downloaded into previous moOde releases and used from the command line.

I am writing a guide to doing this and will post it to the FAQ and Guides subforum later today so I can retire my cruder scripts I wrote about over a year ago.

Regards,
Kent

[fdealexa]

@fdealexa

Hi, Francesco:

The new utility was written by @bitlab for the upcoming moOde 7.1.0 in which it replaces the existing Radio Manager. However it can be also be downloaded into previous moOde releases and used from the command line.

I am writing a guide to doing this and will post it to the FAQ and Guides subforum later today so I can retire my cruder scripts I wrote about over a year ago.

Regards,
Kent

Thanks Kent,
as usual you are very kind and quick to respond. Good to know that we will have a new "Radio Manager". Either way, your utilities have been very useful and I am still using them.
Sincerely (and a virtual kiss to Maryland) and thanks again,

Francesco

[Tim Curtis]

Hi,

Here's updated WIP release notes.

Code:

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// 2021-MM-DD TC moOde 7.1.0
//
########################################################

New features

- NEW: CamillaDSP including Pipeline Editor
- NEW: RoonBridge renderer (requires user install)
- NEW: Radio station utility for import/export/manage
- NEW: Support for Pi CM4

Audio devices

- NEW: Allo Boss 2 w/OLED display

Updates

- UPD: Bump to MPD 0.22.6
- UPD: Bump to CamillaDSP 0.5.0-beta4
- UPD: Bump to ALSA cdsp (commit e941420)
- UPD: Bump to upmpdcli 1.5.8 w/updated coverart util
- UPD: Bump to miniDLNA 1.3.0
- UPD: Bump to moodeutl 1.5.2
- UPD: Add Clear/Add to Lbrary context menus
- UPD: Add Track info to Queue context menu
- UPD: Add Comment tag to "Track info" dialog
- UPD: Add Cover/logo to Audio info
- UPD: Add Throttled state to System info
- UPD: Disable power save for integrated WiFi
- UPD: Set correct 0dB level for HDMI
- UPD: Open station home page for "Streaming source"
- UPD: Automatically detect SMB protocol version
- UPD: Improve Crossfeed settings and a Linkwitz setting
- UPD: Selectively add/remove dtoverlay audio lines
- UPD: Change MPD volume terminology from "Disabled" to "Fixed"
- UPD: Allow changing betw HDMI, Headphone and USB w/o reboot
- UPD: Persist configured USB device in MPD Config
- UPD: Show msg in MPD Config if USB device off or disconnected
- UPD: Library Config option to ignore CUE files
- UPD: Decode Pi revision from bitmask instead of from table
- UPD: Allow negative pregain for Spotify renderer

Bug fixes

- FIX: Wrong PHP version in localui.service and build recipe
- FIX: Squeezelite binary crashes on ARM6
- FIX: Librespot volume curve option
- FIX: Order of excution for starting watchdog
- FIX: Airplay, Spotify not able to output to Crossfeed DSP
- FIX: Back link not working in CamillaDSP Config screen
- FIX: Wrong cardnum being used in moodeutl to get hw_params

[gregvds]

Hi Tim,

Do you think you'll have the time to integrate the HiFiBerry DAC2 HD into the 7.1.0?

The CamillaDSP integration is really exciting :-).
Is it "only" to apply an existing particular filter inside the audio pipeline, or does it offer to record tests and design the filter?

Anyway, even the first case is great, but then I have to find out how to make the first two steps :-).

Thanks again Tim and the team, I just discovered a week ago the delights of this marvellous thing that is a Raspberry Pi with Moode Audio, and a Dac Hat :-).
And the prospect of a 7.1.0 soon is truely great!

[officialsm]

The release date is planned at the moment?

[metapy]

No, there is never a planned release date. It is done when it is done and not a moment before. I've seen releases slip here because Tim got busy with life, found bugs, new features, etc. I personally LOVE the fact that each release is just as good as it can be BECAUSE there is no planned release date. It is more about releasing things when it works as well as it possibly can at the time here.

Well after typing all that out, felt it was important to put my money where my mouth was and I put $10 in the beer fund. I challenge anyone else who can afford something extra to match me or beat me and show Tim some donation love.

[SoundAdikt]

Full respect to Tim and the team.

[bluefuzz]

No, there is never a planned release date. It is done when it is done and not a moment before.

Well, first post of this thread states 'Ship date will be sometime in Q1' which, by my reckoning, is sometime within the next three weeks ... ;-)

[ynot1234567890]

For those who may have installed CamillaDSP the old fashioned way or once it's released in the 7.1.0 release, I have a few sample coefficient files available to try out the convolver filter should anyone be interested.  They can be found here:  https://github.com/ynot123/CamillaDSP-Cfgs-FIR-Examples


I am currently running squeezelite on PI3 and found the sound a bit flat and was looking for a good DSP to help clean up the sound on my rather lower end equipment.  Converted several good IRS wav files into FIR coefficient files and the sound is now wonderful.  

Enjoy.  Yvon