AudioLinux and NUC Troubleshooting and Tuning

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Are you guys using the R2 version of Squeezelite, or the 1.9 version? Is there also a sound quality difference between them, or are they more related to the settings used, and the standard settings R2 and 1.9 come with?

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On 1/5/2019 at 4:36 PM, clipper said:

Are you choosing the correct output device when you start squeezelite?

 

Do a squeezelite -l command to see the available output devices.

 

If I don't specify front (see below), I get 48 for everything.  I start squeezelite by typing squeezelite -o front &. 

 

 

 

Thank you for sharing this. On my system the Squeezlite is also stuck on 48kHz. When I go to the Status menu, Audio card status, and type 0, the Playback device is always on 48kHz, even if Interface 1 has rates 44100 through 192000.

I can stop all running services, and then type 'squeezelite -o front &' in the terminal to start squeezelite using "front". Then it outputs the correct samplerate, corresponding with the input signal (LMS or Roon).

But it does not keep it's setting. This setting is not there anymore in the file at /etc/squeezelite.conf, as in earlier versions of AL.

My question is: can I edit AL 0.8 somewhere, that it keeps 'front' as setting for squeezelite?

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23 minutes ago, hifi25nl said:

What is the content of /etc/squeezelite.conf?

You must edit it manually with the right parameters.

You must use in this case squeezelite (not R2) and start squeezelite not R2 version

 

...And in ram mode you must save system

 

Contents of the file are:

 

# default squeezelite configuration

LOG_FILE="-f /var/log/squeezelite.log"

 

 

In an earlier version of AL there was a line referring to the sound card. It was something like 'default:CARD=Eitr' that needed to be changed to 'front:CARD=Eitr,DEV=0'.

But now that line is not there, so I'm not sure what to enter there.

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I'm trying to figure out how I can mount a USB stick on AL, and then share it to the network. I want to try using my NUC as a single box solution, with AL on an octane drive, running Roon, and having all music on a USB drive/stick.

I managed to mount the USB stick, it needs to be formatted in NTFS, or in EXT4, and I can access it in the terminal.

There is also a network drive showing up, named "audiolinux", with the folders "audiolinux" and "Downloads". In "audiolinux" are the subfolders "Downloads" and "Music". So I can drag and drop music from my computer into the Music folder for instance, but the space on the optane drive is limited off course.

How can I share a mounted USB drive with the network? I tried mounting it at /media/samba, but that does not seem to work.

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1 hour ago, hifi25nl said:

You should edit as root /etc/samba/smb.conf and add something like this:

 

[MyMusic]
path = /media/samba
available = yes
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writable = yes

 

Samba server must be up. As root type

systemctl enable smb

systemctl enable nmb

 

Finally reboot

 

 

Thank you very much! This was what I needed. I've added the folders, and can now access them over the network. Great support, thanks Piero!

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1 hour ago, cat6man said:

will audiolinux and hqplayer run ramroot mode in 4Gig of RAM?

 

NM:  i see 8Gig is min recommendation on AL website.

On my system with 8GB, when I don't activate ramroot, I think 2 GB could even be enough. When you check RAM usage in the menu, it's incredibly low, especially when used as endpoint (airplay/squeezelite/Roon bridge). Mostly there is something like 400MB in use. Also LMS is not very big. It's mostly Roon server that uses a lot of resourses.