GentooPlayer

[PML]

3 hours ago, antonellocaroli said:

mpd and upmpdcli have been updated to the latest version, what exactly is your problem?

Stability issue (crash of upmpdcli after some time) with Audirvana Studio (which is a buggy player but have a nice upsampling algo)

But that's not a big issue because gmediarender seems have a better sound and sound as great than mpd I think. Really transparent. Gmediarender is stable with Audirvana Studio.

It seems 6.50 improove sound quality on my System.

I could return to Audirvana 3.5 to test (I keep it in a corner...)

[antonellocaroli]

32 minutes ago, guilders said:

Unfortunately it doesn't.

Looking at systeminfo, it is unchanged:

 

Profile: Profile not Setting

RamSystem: Ramsystem not enabled

Free memory: 3500MB of total 3856MB

 

Kernel: 5.10.33-GentooPlayer-CK-MIN-NOGRAPH+

───────────────────────────────────────

GentooPlayer | 18:04 | Wed 08/12/21

───────────────────────────────────────

v6.50-53 | Raspberry Pi 4B+ (aarch64)

 

And going to selectkernel it still shows the CK ones, while I wanted to upgrade to RT latest ones.

I basically reversed the files....
if you install RT> it installs CK and removes RT 
if you install CK > it installs RT and removes CK
on rpi4
I'll have to correct that...

[antonellocaroli]

38 minutes ago, antonellocaroli said:

I'll have to correct that...

correct

[chipvn]

@antonellocaroli: do you have any information on the new 3 kernel: -4, -8, -17?

I saw these 3 options available on different Kernel group.

[chipvn]

@antonellocaroli

 

I had issue with version 6.5 on my CM4 USBridge Signature using USB DAC.

I use it only as NAA (enable only NAA and Web interface).

After every boot, I can play any album without issue from Roon --> HQPlayer --> NAA up sampling all to DSD256 as long as Roon maintain the the data flow.

As soon as I change the track manually (click next, change album, etc.) The system will just generate a loud white noise continuously. Stop playing will stop the white noise sound but any effort to play (continue the track, select new track, ...) will generate the same loud white noise.

The only way I can play again is to reboot the USBridge Signature. (reboot Roon Server or HQPlayser server did not help)

 

It seem like version 6.5 did not recognize the DAC correctly so it could not maintain the data sending to my USB DAC with correct format.

With version 6.4 and previous version, my DAC max buffer size was detected as 131072.

However, with v6.5, my DAC max buffer size was detected as 500k+

Not sure if this is the issue or not.

 

 

 

Switched back to V6.4 work smoothly without issue.

 

[antonellocaroli]

1 hour ago, chipvn said:

With version 6.4 and previous version, my DAC max buffer size was detected as 131072.

However, with v6.5, my DAC max buffer size was detected as 500k+

Not sure if this is the issue or not.

might be... I'll have to recompile the kernels...

[DomieMic65]

@antonellocaroli 

1) does gmedia renderer work in RAM?

2) i tried to use "Mode 6" on Rpi3 but I got "not sufficient ram available" message. I had upmpdcli, bubbleUpnp, mpd and squeezelite enabled. If I remember correctly I got the same when bubbleUpnp was not enabled.

3) when I reboot my rpi4 that runs LMS the NAS I use for my library gets unmounted.

I remount it using "mount remote disk"/nfs menu, after I do "mount clean", and it gets mounted instantly without any need to rescan the library (it sees it normally).. until next reboot! "Enable at boot" is enabled!
Any ideas about the issue?

[antonellocaroli]

30 minutes ago, DomieMic65 said:

@antonellocaroli 

1) does gmedia renderer work in RAM?

2) i tried to use "Mode 6" on Rpi3 but I got "not sufficient ram available" message. I had upmpdcli, bubbleUpnp, mpd and squeezelite enabled. If I remember correctly I got the same when bubbleUpnp was not enabled.

3) when I reboot my rpi4 that runs LMS the NAS I use for my library gets unmounted.

I remount it using "mount remote disk"/nfs menu, after I do "mount clean", and it gets mounted instantly without any need to rescan the library (it sees it normally).. until next reboot! "Enable at boot" is enabled!
Any ideas about the issue?

1)Mode 9 on rpi4 4gb
2) rpi3 is low on ram, you should remove software you don't use, bubbleupnp for example needs java which alone takes up about 230Mb 
3) do you use the system in ram? you can post the systeminfo and the contents of fstab (cat /etc/fstab)

[PML]

Strange I use mode 2 and gmedia render run without issue (rpi4), and I am really in ram disk mode. An old post of you seems to Say mode 2 Can run gmedia render when it is installed

[antonellocaroli]

8 minutes ago, PML said:

Strange I use mode 2 and gmedia render run without issue (rpi4), and I am really in ram disk mode. An old post of you seems to Say mode 2 Can run gmedia render when it is installed

yes, mode 2 can work, but on rpi3 i don't think it works, not enough ram...could also work on rpi3, by removing some software...

[altsouza]

On 12/12/2021 at 6:42 AM, chipvn said:

@antonellocaroli

 

I had issue with version 6.5 on my CM4 USBridge Signature using USB DAC.

I use it only as NAA (enable only NAA and Web interface).

After every boot, I can play any album without issue from Roon --> HQPlayer --> NAA up sampling all to DSD256 as long as Roon maintain the the data flow.

As soon as I change the track manually (click next, change album, etc.) The system will just generate a loud white noise continuously. Stop playing will stop the white noise sound but any effort to play (continue the track, select new track, ...) will generate the same loud white noise.

The only way I can play again is to reboot the USBridge Signature. (reboot Roon Server or HQPlayser server did not help)

 

It seem like version 6.5 did not recognize the DAC correctly so it could not maintain the data sending to my USB DAC with correct format.

With version 6.4 and previous version, my DAC max buffer size was detected as 131072.

However, with v6.5, my DAC max buffer size was detected as 500k+

Not sure if this is the issue or not.

 

 

 

Switched back to V6.4 work smoothly without issue.

 

Are there CM4 Allo USB Signature??? I understand that it is CM3 module based!!! (Pi3 based)

Or maybe I am unware of this release!!

Antonio

[chipvn]

58 minutes ago, altsouza said:

Are there CM4 Allo USB Signature??? I understand that it is CM3 module based!!! (Pi3 based)

Or maybe I am unware of this release!!

Antonio

This is a modified one.

 

I have started doing it in this post.

 

 

You can refer to those discussion on page 49 to page 51 there for more information.

[altsouza]

11 minutes ago, chipvn said:

This is a modified one.

 

I have started doing it in this post.

 

 

You can refer to those discussion on page 49 to page 51 there for more information.

Good news. I will see.

Thanks

[DomieMic65]

On 12/12/2021 at 6:45 PM, antonellocaroli said:

1)Mode 9 on rpi4 4gb
2) rpi3 is low on ram, you should remove software you don't use, bubbleupnp for example needs java which alone takes up about 230Mb 
3) do you use the system in ram? you can post the systeminfo and the contents of fstab (cat /etc/fstab)

  _____            _              _____  _                       
 / ____|          | |            |  __ \| |                      
| |  __  ___ _ __ | |_ ___   ___ | |__) | | __ _ _   _  ___ _ __ 
| | |_ |/ _ \ '_ \| __/ _ \ / _ \|  ___/| |/ _` | | | |/ _ \ '__|
| |__| |  __/ | | | || (_) | (_) | |    | | (_| | |_| |  __/ |   
 \_____|\___|_| |_|\__\___/ \___/|_|    |_|\__,_|\__, |\___|_|   
                                                  __/ |          
                                                 |___/           
 Profile:     Profile not Setting
 RamSystem:   Ramsystem not enabled
 Free memory: 3206MB of total 3856MB

 Kernel:   5.10.33-GentooPlayer-CK-MIN-NOGRAPH-EUP100+
 ───────────────────────────────────────
 GentooPlayer   | 17:55 | Mon 13/12/21 
 ───────────────────────────────────────
 v6.50-54      | Raspberry Pi 4B+ (aarch64)
 ───────────────────────────────────────
 eth0       | 192.168.2.101
 ───────────────────────────────────────

Players/soft. Info:
Squeezelite-R2          [Disabled]
Squeezelite             [Disabled]
Networkaudiod           [Disabled]
LogitechMediaServer     [Enabled]
BubbleUpnp              [Enabled]
HQPlayer Embedded       [Disabled]
Mpd                     [Enabled]
UpMpdCli                [Enabled]
RoonBridge              [Disabled]
RoonServer              [Disabled]
Mpd-Sima                [Disabled]
myMPD                   [Disabled]
minimserver             [Disabled]
shairport-sync          [Disabled]
spotify-connect         [Enabled]
web-interface           [Enabled]
Samba                   [Disabled]
gmediarender            [Disabled]
camillagui              [Disabled]

GP-Service Info:
gpchronystop   [Enabled]
gphavagedstop  [Enabled]
gpkernel1      [Enabled]
gprtclock      [Enabled]
gpsetrestart   [Enabled]

Started Service:
bubbleupnp
net.eth0
netmount
librespot
sshd
logitechmediaserver
mpd
nfsclient
upmpdcli
local
rpcbind
rpc.statd
rpc.pipefs
rpc.idmapd

Stopped Service:
chronyd
gpkernel1
gprtclock
gphavagedstop
gpchronystop
gpsetrestart

Crashed Service:

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Boot Options:
dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait noibrs noibpb nopti nospectre_v2 nospectre_v1 l1tf=off nospec_store_bypass_disable no_stf_barrier mds=off mitigations=off

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
*** Scanning for playback devices ***
 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────

AUDIO CARDS
CARD    TYPE            ADDRESS            NAME
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
dc:a6:32:60:56:56
 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Filesystem                  Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/root                   ext4       29G  5.9G   22G  22% /
devtmpfs                    devtmpfs   10M     0   10M   0% /dev
tmpfs                       tmpfs     772M  516K  771M   1% /run
shm                         tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
192.168.2.2://volume1/music nfs       3.6T  1.9T  1.8T  52% /mnt/samba/MusicNAS
/dev/mmcblk0p1              vfat      527M  292M  236M  56% /boot
 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────

CPU(s):                          4
On-line CPU(s) list:             0-3
Thread(s) per core:              1
Vendor ID:                       ARM
Model:                           3
Model name:                      Cortex-A72

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 Gentooplayer CPU Info
 Use cpu-governor to change CPU / performance options
 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 Architecture |     aarch64
 Temp         |     42'c : 107'f | Optimal temperature.
 Governor     |     performance

                 Current Freq    Min Freq   Max Freq
 CPU0         |      1500 MHz      600 MHz    1500 MHz
 CPU1         |      1500 MHz      600 MHz    1500 MHz
 CPU2         |      1500 MHz      600 MHz    1500 MHz
 CPU3         |      1500 MHz      600 MHz    1500 MHz

Before reboot:

 

 

after reboot:

 

 

 

but:

 

[antonellocaroli]

9 minutes ago, DomieMic65 said:

  _____            _              _____  _                       
 / ____|          | |            |  __ \| |                      
| |  __  ___ _ __ | |_ ___   ___ | |__) | | __ _ _   _  ___ _ __ 
| | |_ |/ _ \ '_ \| __/ _ \ / _ \|  ___/| |/ _` | | | |/ _ \ '__|
| |__| |  __/ | | | || (_) | (_) | |    | | (_| | |_| |  __/ |   
 \_____|\___|_| |_|\__\___/ \___/|_|    |_|\__,_|\__, |\___|_|   
                                                  __/ |          
                                                 |___/           
 Profile:     Profile not Setting
 RamSystem:   Ramsystem not enabled
 Free memory: 3206MB of total 3856MB

 Kernel:   5.10.33-GentooPlayer-CK-MIN-NOGRAPH-EUP100+
 ───────────────────────────────────────
 GentooPlayer   | 17:55 | Mon 13/12/21 
 ───────────────────────────────────────
 v6.50-54      | Raspberry Pi 4B+ (aarch64)
 ───────────────────────────────────────
 eth0       | 192.168.2.101
 ───────────────────────────────────────

Players/soft. Info:
Squeezelite-R2          [Disabled]
Squeezelite             [Disabled]
Networkaudiod           [Disabled]
LogitechMediaServer     [Enabled]
BubbleUpnp              [Enabled]
HQPlayer Embedded       [Disabled]
Mpd                     [Enabled]
UpMpdCli                [Enabled]
RoonBridge              [Disabled]
RoonServer              [Disabled]
Mpd-Sima                [Disabled]
myMPD                   [Disabled]
minimserver             [Disabled]
shairport-sync          [Disabled]
spotify-connect         [Enabled]
web-interface           [Enabled]
Samba                   [Disabled]
gmediarender            [Disabled]
camillagui              [Disabled]

GP-Service Info:
gpchronystop   [Enabled]
gphavagedstop  [Enabled]
gpkernel1      [Enabled]
gprtclock      [Enabled]
gpsetrestart   [Enabled]

Started Service:
bubbleupnp
net.eth0
netmount
librespot
sshd
logitechmediaserver
mpd
nfsclient
upmpdcli
local
rpcbind
rpc.statd
rpc.pipefs
rpc.idmapd

Stopped Service:
chronyd
gpkernel1
gprtclock
gphavagedstop
gpchronystop
gpsetrestart

Crashed Service:

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Boot Options:
dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait noibrs noibpb nopti nospectre_v2 nospectre_v1 l1tf=off nospec_store_bypass_disable no_stf_barrier mds=off mitigations=off

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
*** Scanning for playback devices ***
 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────

AUDIO CARDS
CARD    TYPE            ADDRESS            NAME
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
dc:a6:32:60:56:56
 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Filesystem                  Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/root                   ext4       29G  5.9G   22G  22% /
devtmpfs                    devtmpfs   10M     0   10M   0% /dev
tmpfs                       tmpfs     772M  516K  771M   1% /run
shm                         tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
192.168.2.2://volume1/music nfs       3.6T  1.9T  1.8T  52% /mnt/samba/MusicNAS
/dev/mmcblk0p1              vfat      527M  292M  236M  56% /boot
 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────

CPU(s):                          4
On-line CPU(s) list:             0-3
Thread(s) per core:              1
Vendor ID:                       ARM
Model:                           3
Model name:                      Cortex-A72

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 Gentooplayer CPU Info
 Use cpu-governor to change CPU / performance options
 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 Architecture |     aarch64
 Temp         |     42'c : 107'f | Optimal temperature.
 Governor     |     performance

                 Current Freq    Min Freq   Max Freq
 CPU0         |      1500 MHz      600 MHz    1500 MHz
 CPU1         |      1500 MHz      600 MHz    1500 MHz
 CPU2         |      1500 MHz      600 MHz    1500 MHz
 CPU3         |      1500 MHz      600 MHz    1500 MHz
 

 

this after a reboot? everything seems fine to me.
clearly, if you turn on the router or the nas after booting the system, it does not mount the share.

192.168.2.2://volume1/music >     is mounted in > /mnt/samba/MusicNAS

[DomieMic65]

2 minutes ago, antonellocaroli said:

this after a reboot? everything seems fine to me.
clearly, if you turn on the router or the nas after booting the system, it does not mount the share.

192.168.2.2://volume1/music >     is mounted in > /mnt/samba/MusicNAS

The NAS is always on.
This is after reboot:

  _____            _              _____  _                       
 / ____|          | |            |  __ \| |                      
| |  __  ___ _ __ | |_ ___   ___ | |__) | | __ _ _   _  ___ _ __ 
| | |_ |/ _ \ '_ \| __/ _ \ / _ \|  ___/| |/ _` | | | |/ _ \ '__|
| |__| |  __/ | | | || (_) | (_) | |    | | (_| | |_| |  __/ |   
 \_____|\___|_| |_|\__\___/ \___/|_|    |_|\__,_|\__, |\___|_|   
                                                  __/ |          
                                                 |___/           
 Profile:     Profile not Setting
 RamSystem:   Ramsystem not enabled
 Free memory: 3231MB of total 3856MB

 Kernel:   5.10.33-GentooPlayer-CK-MIN-NOGRAPH-EUP100+
 ───────────────────────────────────────
 GentooPlayer   | 18:07 | Mon 13/12/21 
 ───────────────────────────────────────
 v6.50-54      | Raspberry Pi 4B+ (aarch64)
 ───────────────────────────────────────
 eth0       | 192.168.2.101
 ───────────────────────────────────────

Players/soft. Info:
Squeezelite-R2          [Disabled]
Squeezelite             [Disabled]
Networkaudiod           [Disabled]
LogitechMediaServer     [Enabled]
BubbleUpnp              [Enabled]
HQPlayer Embedded       [Disabled]
Mpd                     [Enabled]
UpMpdCli                [Enabled]
RoonBridge              [Disabled]
RoonServer              [Disabled]
Mpd-Sima                [Disabled]
myMPD                   [Disabled]
minimserver             [Disabled]
shairport-sync          [Disabled]
spotify-connect         [Enabled]
web-interface           [Enabled]
Samba                   [Disabled]
gmediarender            [Disabled]
camillagui              [Disabled]

GP-Service Info:
gpchronystop   [Enabled]
gphavagedstop  [Enabled]
gpkernel1      [Enabled]
gprtclock      [Enabled]
gpsetrestart   [Enabled]

Started Service:
bubbleupnp
net.eth0
netmount
librespot
sshd
logitechmediaserver
mpd
nfsclient
upmpdcli
local
rpcbind
rpc.statd
rpc.pipefs
rpc.idmapd

Stopped Service:
chronyd
gpkernel1
gprtclock
gphavagedstop
gpchronystop
gpsetrestart

Crashed Service:

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Boot Options:
dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait noibrs noibpb nopti nospectre_v2 nospectre_v1 l1tf=off nospec_store_bypass_disable no_stf_barrier mds=off mitigations=off

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
*** Scanning for playback devices ***
 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────

AUDIO CARDS
CARD    TYPE            ADDRESS            NAME
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
dc:a6:32:60:56:56
 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/root      ext4       29G  5.7G   22G  21% /
devtmpfs       devtmpfs   10M     0   10M   0% /dev
tmpfs          tmpfs     772M  508K  771M   1% /run
shm            tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
/dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat      527M  292M  236M  56% /boot
 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────

CPU(s):                          4
On-line CPU(s) list:             0-3
Thread(s) per core:              1
Vendor ID:                       ARM
Model:                           3
Model name:                      Cortex-A72

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 Gentooplayer CPU Info
 Use cpu-governor to change CPU / performance options
 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 Architecture |     aarch64
 Temp         |     42'c : 107'f | Optimal temperature.
 Governor     |     performance

                 Current Freq    Min Freq   Max Freq
 CPU0         |      1500 MHz      600 MHz    1500 MHz
 CPU1         |      1500 MHz      600 MHz    1500 MHz
 CPU2         |      1500 MHz      600 MHz    1500 MHz
 CPU3         |      1500 MHz      600 MHz    1500 MHz

[antonellocaroli]

On 12/12/2021 at 10:42 AM, chipvn said:

@antonellocaroli

 

I had issue with version 6.5 on my CM4 USBridge Signature using USB DAC.

I use it only as NAA (enable only NAA and Web interface).

After every boot, I can play any album without issue from Roon --> HQPlayer --> NAA up sampling all to DSD256 as long as Roon maintain the the data flow.

As soon as I change the track manually (click next, change album, etc.) The system will just generate a loud white noise continuously. Stop playing will stop the white noise sound but any effort to play (continue the track, select new track, ...) will generate the same loud white noise.

The only way I can play again is to reboot the USBridge Signature. (reboot Roon Server or HQPlayser server did not help)

 

It seem like version 6.5 did not recognize the DAC correctly so it could not maintain the data sending to my USB DAC with correct format.

With version 6.4 and previous version, my DAC max buffer size was detected as 131072.

However, with v6.5, my DAC max buffer size was detected as 500k+

Not sure if this is the issue or not.

 

 

 

Switched back to V6.4 work smoothly without issue.

 

can you try this image?

rpi4

[chipvn]

6 hours ago, antonellocaroli said:

can you try this image?

rpi4

Thank you for the quick update.

This version recognized my DAC max buffer size correctly but the issue remain the same.

[antonellocaroli]

5 minutes ago, chipvn said:

Thank you for the quick update.

This version recognized my DAC max buffer size correctly but the issue remain the same.

mhhh...then I suspect that something in the new kernel versions has problems...I don't know if only with your specific dac....

you can downgrade the kernel, installing version 5.10.33-210509 

Update/install/remove> kernel SW/UP

[chipvn]

4 minutes ago, antonellocaroli said:

mhhh...then I suspect that something in the new kernel versions has problems...I don't know if only with your specific dac....

you can downgrade the kernel, installing version 5.10.33-210509 

Update/install/remove> kernel SW/UP

Thanks. Let me find sometime this weekend trying to downgrade the kernel.

[RDOK]

Hi @antonellocaroli,

 

HQplayerd in its newest version (4.28) now is able to connect directly to Qobuz:

 

This makes it possible to run from Qobuz directly, instead of through Roon as I do now.

First comments hint at a better sound quality compared to Roon, and I would like to try for myself.

 

Would it be possible to update to this version 4.28 in Gentooplayer?
I tried the update software option in GP for hqplayerd but that did not work.

 

Rob

[antonellocaroli]

5 hours ago, RDOK said:

Hi @antonellocaroli,

 

HQplayerd in its newest version (4.28) now is able to connect directly to Qobuz:

 

This makes it possible to run from Qobuz directly, instead of through Roon as I do now.

First comments hint at a better sound quality compared to Roon, and I would like to try for myself.

 

Would it be possible to update to this version 4.28 in Gentooplayer?
I tried the update software option in GP for hqplayerd but that did not work.

 

Rob

 

Hi Rob,

 

Hqplayer-client is contained in the HqplayerDesktop package, but currently the gentoo ebuild installs Hqplayer desktop but doesn't install the client, the reason is that the client requires qtwebengine to be present on the system, which is quite a difficult package to compile on gentoo, I'm waiting for a new pc to arrive and I'll do some tests...I'll keep you updated...

[RDOK]

12 minutes ago, antonellocaroli said:

 

Hi Rob,

 

Hqplayer-client is contained in the HqplayerDesktop package, but currently the gentoo ebuild installs Hqplayer desktop but doesn't install the client, the reason is that the client requires qtwebengine to be present on the system, which is quite a difficult package to compile on gentoo, I'm waiting for a new pc to arrive and I'll do some tests...I'll keep you updated...

 

Thanks for your quick answer.

Actually I tried using an external HQplayer client on a laptop; that finds the HQP embedded in GP easily.

But eventually I want to use the client inside GP so I can access it from an webpage on an Android tablet. Indeed that is not possible now.

Therefore I will be patient and wait for you to be ready.

 

Rob

 

[chipvn]

On 12/14/2021 at 8:26 PM, antonellocaroli said:

mhhh...then I suspect that something in the new kernel versions has problems...I don't know if only with your specific dac....

you can downgrade the kernel, installing version 5.10.33-210509 

Update/install/remove> kernel SW/UP

Confirmed that there is some issue with the latest kernel. I downgrade to 5.10.33-210509-RT and everything work again.

[bodiebill]

In the past I have used GentooPlayer with pleasure, but about half a year ago I went from a NUC to an RPi4 with Pi2AES and for that I chose moOde after comparison with several players.

 

Last week the Audirvana Studio trial that I started some months ago was unexpectedly renewed until the end of this year. I must admit that there is no SW that has infuriated me more, being so sloppily designed and buggy, but the SQ is great, as was again confirmed when using it play to moOode via UPnP. But again there were problems (hiss, tracks breaking off etc.) and I decide to try Audirvana Studio with GP and mpd/upmpdcl, and this worked smoothly.

 

At first I was a little disappointed by the SQ but I told myself not to be hasty as this is a complex arena. So I applied the same tweaks with GP ('TWK various') that I used with moOde: see screenshot.

 

 

These are quite drastic and may slow down the RPi4, but this brought the SQ to the moOode level.

 

Then, out of pure curiosity, I tried gstreamer (GmediaRender) and was amazed. This is another clear step up in SQ: more lively, more presence, cleaner, even less fatigue. This, by the way, does not work for me when in ramsystem.

 

And when using gstreamer with Filippo's PlayDir script -- loading offline upsampled music from a shared folder on my Win 10 PC, offloading this to RAM and temporarily deactivating the network -- this is bliss indeed!

 

I am thankful for the Audirvana Studio trial extension as it taught me that I do not need it (using UPPlay + minimserver instead for casual listening) and made me think of GP again. Happy to be back!