HQPlayer's Network Audio Adapter

[cat6man]

i'm installing hqplayerd embedded and am making progress.

 

i've followed the instructions on http://www.signalyst.com/embedded-install.html

my pc is a 5i5 NUC running ubuntu 16.01 LTS.

i've installed and configured hqplayerd and rygel, and when i open them in separate windows, i can see the renderer on my network, so i'm ok up to the 'starting the renderer' section.

 

next step is to install and run the headless server.

i've installed everything except the linux-image-rt-amd64 package............is this a 'stretch' requirement or do i also need it for ubuntu 16?

at this point, i've set up the 'music' login and tlm but i'm stuck with failures on the step 7

Login as user music and check that components get started properly using command "/etc/session.d/user-session"

 

any suggestions on what i should look for next? i can post the error messages from step 7 if that helps.

 

my guess would be that i need a RT kernel for ubuntu, but i'm not sure where to find it, etc.

 

thanks

[cat6man]

hi jussi

can we get an NAA 4.0 image build for cubox, which in the past has covered both Rendu and TotalDAC streamers?

cheers

[cat6man]

6 hours ago, Miska said:

 

I can look into it, it needs some extra kernel work since the kernel version is lagging behind.

 

 

thank you!

[cat6man]

I can confirm that the latest NAA cubox image works fine with the opticalRendu.

Just remember to go to HQPe configuration page and re-select (and apply) the correct Network Audio backend device, which is now named "naa: XMOS USB....." here.

 

Thanks Jussi!

 

 

[cat6man]

16 hours ago, ericuco said:

I tried the NAA Cubox Rendu image with my opticalRendu and couldn’t get it to connect to HQP Desktop. The NAA never showed up under Settings. Tried different things with DAC (Holo Cyan DSD) - disconnect/connect USB & reboot, etc. - but never got it to work.

 

Put the original Sonore card back in & everything promptly connected as usual.

 

did its ip address show up in a network scan?

 

fyi........i was using hqpe running under audiolinux, accessing hqpe via web interface on port 8088.......on config page, there were 3 naa: options available (naa:usb, naa:hdmi and naa:spdif though only the first is available on the oRendu)

[cat6man]

On 2/14/2020 at 2:23 PM, ericuco said:

 

I didn't do a network scan but the light on the Mikrotik switch indicated that there was a connection established.

 

when i have problems, i always do a ip network scan.

if the device is not showing up, that's a big clue.

also, can you ping the oRendu?

 

as an example, sometimes i've found that a new IP address has been assigned by dhcp unexpectedly.

 

[cat6man]

On 2/16/2020 at 8:46 PM, Solstice380 said:

 

I hate when that happens! LOL  @cat6man I use the Fing app on my phone to scan for the new addresses - you probably know about that one.

 

yup, fing is great.

on my ubuntu machines, i use angryIP scanner

 

also, i eventually learned, and periodically re-learn, to manually assign the IP address at the router/DHCP server so that they don't change on me.

 

 

[cat6man]

pay no attention to the red light...........that is just looking for sonic orbiter software to turn it off.

i'm using NAA4.0.1 with the red light on, so that is not related to your problem.

 

i'm using ipv4 only, so you might want to try that.