I’m immensely happy to announce that Volumio is finally out. You may have heard that a porting of RaspyFi was under development, and finally here it is .

Why Volumio?

In the end, who talks you is Italian. So, wanted an italian name to describe the new creation. Volumio literally means  ”My Volume” , to emphasize it’s main goal : be YOUR music player. Be what YOU want for enjoying your music library.

So, let’s see what Volumio brings us:

MULTIPLATFORM:

Volumio is compatible with the most interesting embedded devices out there: UDOO, CuBox and Beaglebone Black (and PI, of course). The Pi was an exciting hardware to start tinkering, but in the end there were lots of devices out there. And let me tell you, when you’re going to try one of them, you’ll be staggered by their performance. Both in terms of speed and sound quality.
So, not only it works smoother, but you can now have S/PDIF, I2S or Coaxial native output!
See here for Volumio supported devices, and spec comparisons.

I2S DAC SUPPORT ON RASPBERRY PI

Oh yes, Volumio features i2s Dac Support. A features I always wanted to implement since RaspyFi saw the light. Just a tick of a button and i2s driver is enabled. The best part? That there are 2 shiny and brand new i2s DAC avaiable to use with Volumio. You’ll see a complete review on Volumio.org soon.

MULTIROOM SOUND

Yes sirs. Thanks to the shiny and  brand new  Sound@home Android App, Volumio can stream its subtle airwaves to multiple Volumio devices. Isn’t this amazing? Thanks to Diego Tafuto who developed this fantastic app. Again, you’ll better find out this functionality in the next few days on Volumio.org

MANY ISSUES ADDRESSED:

Thanks to your precious feedbacks Volumio is more stable than RaspyFi and works better. It’s webui has been improved and lot of early bugs were addressed. You can also have NFS Network shares support. As well as various under-the-hood improvements.
Thanks to latest Raspberry PI kernels, I’m really happy to announce that Raspberry (with Volumio) can now easily play in bit perfect mode up to 24/192khrtz. Even with Aysnc DACs, and without glitches!
So, all the credentials to become your favourite audiophile music player!

So, what are you waiting for? Jump to Volumio download page and grab it while is still hot!

If you just appreciate that, take a moment also to tell the World that Volumio has arrived !

FEATURES:

-Ready to play: flash it and you’re ready
-Audiophile Quality: bit perfect playback
-FLAC, WAV, MP3, AAC, ALAC, PLS support
-Music libraries on Samba, NFS and USB drives
-Webradios support out of the box
-Control it via integrated Webui with PC, Smartphone, Tablet
-Airplay capability
-Ramplay Support
-DSD Native Playback
-Multiroom Playback via Android App
-Output playback device Selection
-Audio out via HDMI, USB, Analog Jack, S/PDIF, I2S (depends on platform)
-Compatible with all UAC2 compliant USB DACs
-Wireless Network configuration
-Various resampling options, up to 32bit/384khrtz

See you on Volumio.org then!

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it has been a long long time since the new version of RaspyFi has been promised… But here we are finally ! You’re favourite audiophile linux distribution is here!

It took so long for various reasons, all of them will be explained later on. But let’s start with the amazing features you’re gonna find on RaspyFi!

-Various fixes, such as nas parameters optimized, more stability and less sound glitches (even with async DACs with Hi-Res files)

-A fully functional web-user interface . Here goes a huge applause to ACX and ORION, which joyned RaspyFi and developed this amazing  WEBUI.

Here it is:

To access it, simply write http://raspyfi/ on your browser. From here you can browse your music library, control the playback and playlist, and configure RaspyFi in the most  user-friendly way we could think on. It works natively on every platform, Android, Mac, Linux, iOS. No need to install anything, just make sure you’re connected to the same network as RaspyFi, point to raspyfi.local/ on your browser and you’re good to go! Or just write the IP of RaspyFi on your browser. Audiophile linux has never been so easy!

Want to know how it works? There’s also an help section, take it as a little User manual…

-AirPlay support built out of the Box, just select it as airplay device. Easy as it sounds. You can use RaspyFi as a remote speaker for your PC, iPhone, iPad or Android Device. Remember to stop local playback before starting Airplay playback!

-WebRadio Support built on the WEBUI, with some selected Radios already built in. Want to add a WebRadio? Easy! Just go on Network, you’ll find the RaspyFi share. Go to the WebRadio folder and paste your .pls or .m3u  radio playlist there! To have a .m3u or .pls radio station file, simply open a blank document, paste the webradio url and save it with .pls extension.

-AAC and ALAC support

-More optimizations to the OS.

-Experimental RamPlay capability. Just copy your files (max 256mb total) on the Ramplay samba share, browse to ramplay on the webui, click update this folder, browse it and play it!

Then, there’s a big news for you all. As you may imagine, RaspyFi Team has increased. During the development process of the 1.0 Version, new people have joined the Team. So what you get here is a combined effort of 4 people. ACX and ORION put their skills in developing the amazing WEBUI and further optimizing the system, plus enriching the whole dev experience with their human and professionals qualities. Then we got Buscia, a close friend of mine which can do amazing things while designing which made the brand new RaspyFi logo and gave us some hints on the ergonomic side of things.

So, here it is guys. Hope you will enjoy RaspyFi  as much as we did creating it!

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SSH Credentials

user: pi

password: raspberry

ROOT ACCESS

user: root

password: root

UPDATE

We’ve got a lot of feedbacks of RaspyFi 1.0 not booting on some Raspberry Pis. These are new Raspberries with the Hynix RAM. RaspyFi was developed on an older model. So for those of you with a non-booting Pi, here’s the Fix (huge thanks to blueberry who found this)

• Download this files: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6GMsyByGsfdQXVXeV9tdk1lejg/edit
• Insert your SD Card in your Card Reader, and open the first partition (the only one you can see in Windows)
• Replace start.elf , start_cd.elf  and start_x.elf with the ones you previously downloaded
• If you can’t replace them, open “my computer” as administrator

Then, plug again your SD and enjoy RaspyFi! For more information, and reports about this procedure, please refer here:

http://www.raspyfi.com/forum/raspyfi-install-and-troubleshooting/raspyfi-wont-boot/

We are also receiving lots of feedbacks about what is working and what is not. We are working hard to address all this issues, so you can expect a new fixed release shortly (I hope). I must say these days we are facing lot of things to do, thanks also to the huge amount of incoming  traffic on RaspyFi.com . That makes us really proud, and we want to thank you all, who are enjoying RaspyFi and are spreading the word. We are doing our best to address the issues and reply to everyone, as you deserve. Please continue providing us with precious feedbacks, this is helping us a lot!
(Semi) Proper changelog

-MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC ALAC support

-USB AUTOMOUNT (NTFS, FAT32)
-Webui for configuration and playback
-WebServer for CoverArt Delivery
-bit perfect mode with sync, adaptive and async DACS
-Better NAS compatibility and mounting wizard
-Airplay/Airport playback capability
-Webradio playback capability via GUI
-Logging Disabled (less space wasted and sd card lifespan improved)
-Beets for managing library
-Most of Wi-Fi dongles compatible out of the Box
-Wi-fi network configuration via web-gui
-Samba folder for WebRadio and Ramplay
-Ramplay capability
-Less processes active
-Easy discovery on the network thanks to Avahi/bonjour/Samba

WEBUI FEATURES

-Browsing local library and Webradio
-Nas mount points configuration
-MPD configuration
-Static network configuration
-Wireless network configuration
-CM6631 FIX option
-Various kernel profile to be selected
-Reboot, poweroff and updatedb funcions
-Internal user manual

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All the info you need here!
http://www.raspyfi.com/forum/giveaways-news-thoughts-from-raspyfi/raspyfi-1-0-in-beta-test/

Thank you and enjoy!!!

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finally usb audio problems affecting the Pi, have been solved! For those of you seeking a Raspberry Pi Usb Audio fix, you’re in the right place!  I was compulsively lurking this thread hoping that the foundation would eventually find a fix for the usb issue. What was it?

Well, to make it simple, when the usb bus of the pi was receiving lot of i\o requests, it cannot satisfy them all, and as a result part of the data travelling trough usb was lost. So, while communicating with a usb dac , if the file being played was more than 44/16 the usb bus was overwhelmed and some parts of the data (packets, jargon comes in finally) was lost. If you google for packet loss, you can figure out what was happening.

I’ve been investigating a lot on the matter, hoping to find a Raspberry Pi usb audio fix , tried almost everything. But this was in the hands of the foundation, since there is no extensive documentation available.

Finally, the Raspberry Pi usb Audio Fix came on Thu May 09, 2013 9:19 am, from gsh (which has my imperiture gratitude)

Basically, this updates some part of the pi firmware and kernel, via rpi-update (this is an experimental branch you won’t find on the master branch of rpi-update by hexxeh 

For those of you on RaspyFi, update is hassle free since you already have rpi-update up and running. Just do this to enable the Raspberry Pi Usb Audio Fix:

sudo apt-get install git-core binutils

sudo BRANCH=fiq_split rpi-update

Let it run, it will need almost 20 minutes to complete. In case you’re receiving some errors, just retry. Sometimes the git servers are not able to face the requests of thousands users simoultaneusly.

Once it’s done, and you’re not getting any error, just reboot.

Now, it’s time to enable bit perfect playback on RaspyFi via mpd.conf

sudo nano /etc/mpd.conf

the line:

format “44100:16:2″ # optional

becomes

#format “44100:16:2″ # optional

ctrl + x to save.

Now, we’ll restart mpd:

sudo /etc/init.d/mpd restart

Now, play and enjoy! Files >44/16 will be played without glitches, and I hope that async dacs will work flawlessly as well! I cannot confirm this by now since I don’t have any async to the test this Raspberry Pi usb audio fix for them… But please let me know via comments below.

To check if your Pi now resides in Bit Perfect heaven just type, while playing:

cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params

The output will show you current bit rate and bit depth, that should be the same as the file. Please note that if a bit rate/bit depth is not supported by your dac, mpd will automatically resample it to  the nearest supported one.

Here, an example (showing different bitrates/bitdepths, with perfect sound)

Raspberry Pi in bit perfect mode

Obviously, this raspberry pi usb audio fix will be implemented and working out of the box in next Release of RaspyFi, which is in its final stage of development.

This raspberry pi audio fix, also can be excecuted on plain Raspbian and all the other distros out there. Just type that:

sudo apt-get install git-core
sudo wget http://goo.gl/1BOfJ -O /usr/bin/rpi-update && sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/rpi-update
sudo BRANCH=fiq_split rpi-update

Et voilà, you’re done! Please let me know if it works for you, and if you got some troubles doing it !

UPDATE FOR SAMBA USERS

As suggested by Klinkt Beter and Carlo Bernardini this fixes the samba issues for async dac users. With my new xmos to i2s dac  and this fix I don’t have any stuttering at 24/96 , some reports this works well with 24/192 as well. So edit /etc/auto.nas as follows:

Nas    -fstype=cifs,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntlm,rsize=2048,wsize=4096,cache=strict,username=pi,password=    ://192.168.nasip/sharename

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This nasty release will bring you peace, joy, a brand new car and:

-Apt-get and locales issue fixed
-hw setting instead of mmap_emu in alsaconf
-mpd renicing at -19
-using latest mpd version (17.0 git)
-wi-fi ready out of the box via wicd-curses
-less daemons and processes active
-cpu governor set to performance
-cohexistence of nas folder and fat32 key on same database
-if no usb dac is plugged, then analog jack becomes default
-nas tweakings
-furhter usb tweakings
-a nice splashscreen
-mpc added

You can find it here

If you wish to find out how this release was made, check out the complete how-to-brew guide!

Let me know what you think via comments below, enjoy your music!

Want some reccomendation?

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So stay tuned, hope I’ll get it released in a week!

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-512 mb model b support (but 256 models should work as well)
-based on latest raspbian image (2012-12-16-wheezy-raspbian)
-XMOS Native support (Hiface 2 is reported to be working)
-less space used and less processes active (shrinked to minimum requirements to get mpd running)
-fits on 2gb sd carD
-fat32 disk ready out of the boX
-volume can be set from client (Erik, this is for you!!)
-usb tweakings
-general quality improvements
-hdmi & analog audio disabled (no bcm2835 kernel module loaded at boot)
-mpd has higher priority set

known issues:
-resampling always enabled to 44100 htrz

SSH

User: pi
password: raspberry

Download RaspyFi RC1

UPDATE YOUR DATABASE FOR FIRST USE!

It Works out of the box with most of USB Dacs! (supported natively by linux) It works also with XMOS Transports (Hiface 2 is reported to be working!)

This is no more based on moebius linux, it is instead based on latest raspbian (updated at 12\1\13). It is definetely sounding better and it features some under the hood tweaking that proved to be effective. It is ready out of the box to play your library from a FAT32 usb stick or self powered hard disk. (IF you need ntfs support you should mount it and then edit /etc/mpd.conf).
You can also play your music from a Nas, you should have a samba share called nas and edit /etc/fstab and change the ip with you’r nas ip:

sudo nano /etc/fstab

//192.168.1.YOURIPHERE/nas /mnt/nas cifs username=pi,password= 0 0

reboot and edit /etc/mpd.conf , removing the comment from nas and commenting Music

music_directory “/mnt/nas”
#music_directory “/media/Music”

(Quality-wise, the nas option is strongly suggested)

To enjoy the best quality your RaspyFi powered Pi can give you please use a quality psu, I found out that Xperia phones chargers are pretty well made and stable, if you have an Ipod\Ipad\Iphone charger this could be good as well!

And you’re ready to go! I’m already working on a Real Time version of RaspyFi, stay tuned!

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time to get back to work, after christmas’ never ending lunchs and new years’ eve’s hangover… With the support of the friends of tforumhifi.com I collected a good amount of feedbacks, and decided to start developing the second revision of RaspyFi. These are the new feature to come:

1- Up do date. It will be based on the latest Raspbian, instead on Moebius Linux. Of course, it will be stripped down in order to be as lightweight as possible. That will also mean that it will support 512 model B.

2- Built in wi-fi dongle support with wicd-curses preinstalled.

3- Image will fit in 1gb SD card, so you’ll have more probabilities to have a suitable SD Card.

4- Realtime support, patching current Rasbian release in order to allow mpd to work in Real-time mode. This could have some drawbacks, but it’s worth’s trying.

5- Furhter minor optimizations.

Hope to get this released in a week, in the mean time if there is something you want to find in next distribution you can suggest it via comments below. Bye!!!

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You can find it here

This really comes ready-to-play out of the box. Just copy it on your SD card via Win32diskimager (you can grab it here) and you’re ready to go. Then you only need to connect trough SSH and edit your mpd.conf file.

If you don’t have any SSH client, I strongly suggest to use putty (available here)

you can do it by tiping on your ssh terminal :

User: root
Password: raspi

nano /etc/mpd.conf

It’s configured to find your music on usb or on a nas. If you prefere to read your music on a usb key (or hard disk, but you should use a self-powered hard disk to do so) just modify your file as follows

#music_directory “/mnt/nas”
music_directory “/media/Music”

and then ctrl+ x, then y

Otherwise, store your music on a samba share called Nas and modify as:

music_directory “/mnt/nas”
#music_directory “/media/Music”

and then ctrl+ x, then y.

then reboot

reboot

And you’re ready! Just play your library with your favourite client and enjoy!

Known issues:

-no 512mb support
-flac over 96khrz need to be resampled

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I’m planning to brew one by myself in the near future, but in the meantime this distro is a very good starting point. Many thanks to the dev who made this!!!

For your confort I already prepared a .img version of this (on the author’s page you’ll only find a .bin file, only suitable for linux folks). You can grab it here and inin the project’s sourceforge page. Please use Win32diskimager to install it on your SD card. Just make sure your SD Card drive letter is correct, or you will end in wiping your HD content, be aware!

USER: root

PW: raspi

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This is the distro where RaspyFi will be built.
Current issues: no 512 mb ram support.

A ready-to-flash RaspyFi build will be ready soon!!!

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