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Hi!
I'm understanding that the service from Tim called Moode Audio Player is not free of charge. That is absolutly right. Moode Audio Playes is business and generates revenue. I was glad in the past to pay for Moode Audio Player licences. For me as a customer was a great deal: pay for licences and get some updates for free. But without licence fees, Moode needs another monetarisation. This is the symbiotic business model between ALLO (maybe also other DAC module manufactors) and Moode means: a manufactor has to pay for integration of their products in Moode Audio. This is possible through Tim Curtis intellectual property called Mood Audio Software. Without full knowladge which configuration files and parameters has to be modified for integration of new DAC module in Moode Audio Software, manufactors depends on service provided by Tims gatekeeper business. That is is business model, that maybe works fine.
ALLOs business model means, customer has to pay for any feature, like a stable and exact time base, an extra fee. From technical point of view it is better to have the time base next to dac chip to avoid long signal path. So there others manufactors like IQAudio or MamboBerry or ... that prefers a cleaner technical solution by providing a time base on the same board where the DAC chip is. Unfurtenallity such a smart technical solution don't generates an additional revenue from customer. Bad for manufactor good for customer.
In my first post I have offered my spare time as help for integration HiFiBerry DAC2 HD. Only what I'm asked for, was as small HowTo which files has to be modified for creating a new device in the DAC list and which configurations files hast to be changed. But see above: If my thoughts are right, such a HowTo could destroy the suspected business model and could't be provided...
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I have no idea what you are talking about. moOde is Free Open Source Software (FOSS) and the moOde project has no business or financial relationship with Allo or any other company.
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07-16-2020, 09:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-16-2020, 09:12 AM by Frank79.)
FYI, I just emailed Hifiberry support about a possible DAC2 HD compatibility with Moode Audio Player in the near future.
Considering Moode Audio is a serious project and it already supports a whole lot of older Hifiberry products, my point is that they should provide Tim with a copy of their new DAC.
Let's see if I ever get a reply.
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The integration issue is that all these DAC's have chip settings that users want to manipulate via a config screen and if the DAC supports hardware volume then it has a mixer name. Most of these manufacturers including Hifiberry don't publish that information on their product data sheets. In fact they publish as little as possible for their products.
So as you can see by Hifiberry's response they are not generally interested in providing product samples or integration support to software developers. They shift that responsibility to the user or the dev.
My requirement for integrating new audio hardware into moOde as I've stated numerous times is for a sample device, its specifications including all the settings and options that are exposed via ALSA and a person that I can work with for technical support.
There are several manufacturers that routinely provide this including Allo, Infineon and IQaudIO to name a few, and I've worked with several users that have also donated sample hardware and their time and expertise to get a particular product integrated.
