07-30-2024, 01:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-30-2024, 02:05 PM by GioF_71.
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Hello, I recently prepared a Moode installation on a Pi3 with a Hifiberry DAC Plus for my father-in-law.
He will probably never use MPD, UPnP, webradios, or any other of these things, but for sure he enjoys using the Spotify Connect feature with his premium account and, as a second option, the Bluetooth receiver should he want to listen to something from his phone. I also activated the AirPlay renderer should he switch to Apple devices.
Before this change, he was using his stereo system through a rca cable running from the analog out of his tv, using chromecast on some android box coming from his tv provider. Needless to say the cable was way too long (there were interferences altough not severe as I was expecting) and now the sound quality is improved considerably, and most importantly, he does not need to turn on the tv just to stream Spotify.
Two issues I have encountered:
1) Bluetooth was stuttering
I ended up disabling the onboard bluetooth receiver and added an already owned usb Bluetooth adapter from ASUS. The onboard adapter was working properly when using wired ethernet, but was stuttering when using wifi.
This isse was solved directly at my house before installation in my relative's house.
2) Wifi Setup change
Everything was working properly at home, and I expected to be able to just reconfigure the /boot/firmware/wpa_supplicant.conf file once I acquired the wifi credentials and be good to go. Probably I was missing some country setting (we live in different countries), but I had to temporarily connect the box to an ethernet cable, then I could make the required changes.
This objectively did not take too long. A complicated SSID including the trailing string " 2.4GHz" further complicated things but I eventually could sort things out.
My father-in-law couldn't be happier for the result and he is enjoying his new toy.
Thank you @Tim Curtis @TheOldPresbyope and all the contributors for the great work.
He will probably never use MPD, UPnP, webradios, or any other of these things, but for sure he enjoys using the Spotify Connect feature with his premium account and, as a second option, the Bluetooth receiver should he want to listen to something from his phone. I also activated the AirPlay renderer should he switch to Apple devices.
Before this change, he was using his stereo system through a rca cable running from the analog out of his tv, using chromecast on some android box coming from his tv provider. Needless to say the cable was way too long (there were interferences altough not severe as I was expecting) and now the sound quality is improved considerably, and most importantly, he does not need to turn on the tv just to stream Spotify.
Two issues I have encountered:
1) Bluetooth was stuttering
I ended up disabling the onboard bluetooth receiver and added an already owned usb Bluetooth adapter from ASUS. The onboard adapter was working properly when using wired ethernet, but was stuttering when using wifi.
This isse was solved directly at my house before installation in my relative's house.
2) Wifi Setup change
Everything was working properly at home, and I expected to be able to just reconfigure the /boot/firmware/wpa_supplicant.conf file once I acquired the wifi credentials and be good to go. Probably I was missing some country setting (we live in different countries), but I had to temporarily connect the box to an ethernet cable, then I could make the required changes.
This objectively did not take too long. A complicated SSID including the trailing string " 2.4GHz" further complicated things but I eventually could sort things out.
My father-in-law couldn't be happier for the result and he is enjoying his new toy.
Thank you @Tim Curtis @TheOldPresbyope and all the contributors for the great work.
