Official moOde 8 support thread

[Frank79]

I own an Hifiberry DAC2HD hat. I saw that closed thread about this hat.

But today, I read a mention of the Hifiberry DAC2HD on the release notes on github: https://github.com/moode-player/moode/bl...s.txt#L119


[color=var(--color-fg-default)]- UPD: Add mixer name exception for hifiberry dac2hd[/color]

What does that mean exactly? Is the DAC2HD finally supported? Downloaded the latest Moode release, but I can't seem to make it work... 

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! 

[Tim Curtis]

There are multiple issues with supporting Hifiberry DAC2HD

1. If OS release uses 5.15.y kernel branch as does moOde 8 then DAC2HD requires 5.15.24 or later.
2. DAC2HD and other Hifiberry devices apparently store a device tree overlay in the board's EEPROM which is automatically read by Pi firmware during boot. If there is also a dtoverlay= in /boot/config.txt as is done by moOde for all I2S audio devices it will or may conflict with the overlay loaded from the audio board's EEPROM. This is because the EEPROM based overlay may not be compatible with newer kernels. The fix according to Hifiberry is to add "force_eeprom_read=0" to /boot/config.txt.
https://www.hifiberry.com/blog/configura...linux-5-4/
https://www.hifiberry.com/docs/software/...ux-3-18-x/

Note that no other manufacturer's audio cards require these configs. They all just support the explicit dtoverlay= setting in /boot/config.txt.

Upcoming moOde 8.0.2 release adds the "force_eeprom_read=0" for all Hifiberry cards / overlays listed in /boot/overlays.

-Tim

[Frank79]

The fix according to Hifiberry is to add "force_eeprom_read=0" to /boot/config.txt.

Thank you Tim. Haven't added any local server yet, but I can confirm this is working when using Spotify!

[s_mury]

Hi all,

I am having problems generating my library. It takes quite some minutes for the busy indicator to stop but there is still no music in the library. The thumbnail generation process seems to be working because I can see what it is doing using the View Status button. That also means it is not the NAS, which I also confirmed by going to the mount point on the pi.

If I use the update library command, I can see empty album folders appearing in the folder view but with no files in them.

Looking in the MPD log, I see file not found messages but the file is there in the mount folder. I can post logs this evening.

This may have been occurring before I updated to moode 8.0.1. It was my reason for updating but I didn't check it so extensively before the update.


The test sound file works.

Could you please advise how to troubleshoot this and which logs I should post?

Best wishes
Sean

Errors in the MPD log such as "File not found" can result from insufficient permissions on the file and all the containing directories.

MPD needs read permission to the files and read+execute permissions to all the parent directories.
https://mpd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/use...d-database

I found the problem. I needed to add vers=1.0 to the Sambda options. I don't know why this is since my router is supposed to support v3.

Perhaps connected to this, with version 8.0.1 I had to manually enter the path to the share.
If I remember correctly, in previous versions it was always found using the scan button.

[Tim Curtis]

The command below is used to generate the SCAN list. If you are able to run it and the unfiltered cmd and report what it outputs in your environment it might be help to understand why its not reporting anything.

Code:

sudo nmblookup -S -T '*' | grep '*<00>' | cut -f 1 -d '*'

# Without the grep filter
sudo nmblookup -S -T '*'

-Tim

[Britracer]

Has there been a change to the way cover art is handled?  I upgraded one of my systems to 8.0 and now some (maybe 10%) of the cover art just shows a ? in a little blue box.  Cover art shows fine on the other systems.  The jpg files are in the folders.
I tried switching to embedded - made no difference.

Also having the same issue rebuilding the library - have about 20000 tracks and it has not yet managed to completely build the library.  Am using a Pi 1B, so understand it might take some time.

[Britracer]

Has there been a change to the way cover art is handled?  I upgraded one of my systems to 8.0 and now some (maybe 10%) of the cover art just shows a ? in a little blue box.  Cover art shows fine on the other systems.  The jpg files are in the folders.
I tried switching to embedded - made no difference.

Also having the same issue rebuilding the library - have about 20000 tracks and it has not yet managed to completely build the library.  Am using a Pi 1B, so understand it might take some time.

If it helps: All the Beatles albums have the same, seems to be by folder, all Beach boys, all cranberries....

[Britracer]

Has there been a change to the way cover art is handled?  I upgraded one of my systems to 8.0 and now some (maybe 10%) of the cover art just shows a ? in a little blue box.  Cover art shows fine on the other systems.  The jpg files are in the folders.
I tried switching to embedded - made no difference.

Also having the same issue rebuilding the library - have about 20000 tracks and it has not yet managed to completely build the library.  Am using a Pi 1B, so understand it might take some time.

If it helps: All the Beatles albums have the same, seems to be by folder, all Beach boys, all cranberries....

One more thing - when I play the album the cover art shows in the main cover art area, but not in the "playlist thumbnails" - just the ?

[DRONE7]

Has there been a change to the way cover art is handled?  I upgraded one of my systems to 8.0 and now some (maybe 10%) of the cover art just shows a ? in a little blue box.  Cover art shows fine on the other systems.  The jpg files are in the folders.
I tried switching to embedded - made no difference.

Also having the same issue rebuilding the library - have about 20000 tracks and it has not yet managed to completely build the library.  Am using a Pi 1B, so understand it might take some time.

If it helps: All the Beatles albums have the same, seems to be by folder, all Beach boys, all cranberries....

One more thing - when I play the album the cover art shows in the main cover art area, but not in the "playlist thumbnails" - just the ?

In the main MoOde Menu find the "Preferences" tab.. What have you configured for the various options including Library and Advanced Library..?

[s_mury]

The command below is used to generate the SCAN list. If you are able to run it and the unfiltered cmd and report what it outputs in your environment it might be help to understand why its not reporting anything.

Code:

sudo nmblookup -S -T '*' | grep '*<00>' | cut -f 1 -d '*'

# Without the grep filter
sudo nmblookup -S -T '*'

-Tim

Hi Tim

When creating a new source, the scan returns

MOODE/NAS
MOODE/Playlists
MOODE/SDCard

and this is what I get from the commands you gave:

Code:

pi@moode:~ $ sudo nmblookup -S -T '*' | grep '*<00>' | cut -f 1 -d '*'
moode.fritz.box, 192.168.178.33
fritz.box, 192.168.178.1
pi@moode:~ $ sudo nmblookup -S -T '*'
moode.fritz.box, 192.168.178.33 *<00>
Looking up status of 192.168.178.33
        MOODE           <00> -         B <ACTIVE>
        MOODE           <03> -         B <ACTIVE>
        MOODE           <20> -         B <ACTIVE>
        WORKGROUP       <00> - <GROUP> B <ACTIVE>
        WORKGROUP       <1e> - <GROUP> B <ACTIVE>

        MAC Address = 00-00-00-00-00-00

fritz.box, 192.168.178.1 *<00>
Looking up status of 192.168.178.1
        192-168-178-1   <00> -         B <ACTIVE> <PERMANENT>
        WORKGROUP       <00> - <GROUP> B <ACTIVE> <PERMANENT>
        192-168-178-1   <20> -         B <ACTIVE> <PERMANENT>

        MAC Address = 00-00-00-00-00-00

fritz.box is my router which has a NAS function and a USB stick attached.

Best,

Sean