To Raspberry Pi/BeagleBone Black/CuBox/UDOO owners: RuneAudio is looking for testers

[ACX]

I am using the beaglebone black in my system..

Hi jambam, nice setup!

What would be great is if Rune is ported to the seagate dockstar/Pogoplug e02 which is already running under arch linux .. The pogoplug E02 w/ built in psu and 4 usb ports , has enough power and ports to attached a usb dac and an external hard and even a wireless dongle.

If I could contribute to making it possible , pls let me know.

We currently have no plans to officially support it in the future, but after the 0.3-beta release we will publish a "cookbook" with all the steps to make a RuneAudio install from scratch. So if you want to contribute you are welcome

 

[ACX]

How did the show go at the weekend?

Very well! Many interesting projects and a good feedback from visitors, who asked us a lot of answers and stopped to listen music. You can see a lot of photos of the event on the official website. We are going to publish our own ones on our website soon, so you will see IQaudIO Pi-DAC while playing at the faire

 

[ACX]

Is there a RUNE image for the Cubietruck?

If not. Any plans to build one?

Hi soundcheck, Cubietruck is in our radar for months but we still don't have a timeline for that. Sadly we currently don't have any samples to work on it.

 

[soundcheck]

Hi soundcheck, Cubietruck is in our radar for months but we still don't have a timeline for that. Sadly we currently don't have any samples to work on it.

Thx.

It's not that I couldn't install MPD on my Arch based CT myself. I was just wondering.

I had several ARM boards for testing (also the Udoo) on my desk.
I do currently prefer the Cubitruck board over any other board out there due to several reasons. It's IMO well worth to have a look at it.

Cheers

 

[randytsuch]

Just wanted to post about using Rune.

Last night, I installed a Runeaudio image (the alpha one) on a SD card, powered up my Pi, and it made music through the Pi's audio output.

I connected a keyboard and monitor, but I didn't need to. It just needs power and an Ethernet connection. Then, you can connect through a browser, and control from the browser. I was using an iPad for this.

I have a little Access Point that basically converts Ethernet to Wifi, so the Pi thinks it is just connected by Ethernet, but it is really connected wifi to my home network. That makes it easier to connect these types of devices, you don't need to try to make it talk wifi.

I even have my music files on a NAS, and it was easy to connect to the NAS and it found the music no problems.

So thanks for Rune. It made it easy to setup a Pi as a music player.

I plan to try it connected I2S to a DAC in the next few days.

Randy

 

[plgsekip]

Hi guys!
Trying Rune Audio now, from previously RaspyFi, Volumio. The same problem remains, which I have read it is due to shared bus between USB and Ethernet.

I keep hearing glitches/crackles/pops continuously when Raspy/Rune Audio plays 96 kHz.
Any files less than 96 is fine. The same USB DAC has no problem playing 24/96 kHz files from a PC/Laptop.

Anyone has any idea on what workaround I can try to solve this? Is there a way to allocate "more bandwidth to USB" instead of Ethernet? The two USB ports are fully utilized for USB DAC and USB Hard Drive. I am not familiar with Archlinux, actually, previously a user of Raspbian.

Thanks in advance for the kind help. And also thanks for making Rune Audio available.

 

[rondadon]

@jambam and all

I second your request for porting it to Dockstar/Pogoplug/GoflexNet. It would be perfect for running such a Distribution like RuneAudio or Volumio.

I have A Dockstar with a cheap USB-to-Spdif (optical) converter. Running Debian Wheezy on it with mpd and it works like a charm. Really stable it has an uptime of over 100 days.

The Dockstar/Goflex-Net/PogoPlug are much better regarding PowerSupply, Processor and USB Power then the RPI.

Would really be glad if RuneAudio would support Seagate Dockstar/GoflexNet and PogoPlug.

 

[ACX]

RuneAudio 0.3-alpha for Raspberry Pi

The same problem remains, which I have read it is due to shared bus between USB and Ethernet.

Hi plgsekip, which version have you tried?
A small update for everyone (sorry if I forgot this thread for some time): we released RuneAudio 0.3-alpha for Raspberry Pi about two months ago. Although it was meant to be for testing purposes only, after lots of feedback from the community it turned to be a quite stable release. It is also a huge leap forward compared with the previous 0.2-beta.
The 0.3-beta is coming soon, but in the meanwhile I invite you to try the 0.3-alpha and see if it solves your problems with the USB output.

 

[ACX]

I second your request for porting it to Dockstar/Pogoplug/GoflexNet.

Hi rondadon,
unfortunatly a future porting for these platforms is not in our plans at the moment, as we already have a long list of other more modern platforms to support before.
BUT
We are going to publish a sort of cookbook in our RuneOS repo on GitHub. Anybody interested could follow it and replicate RuneAudio installation to other platforms, contributing to the porting process. If you have some skills with Arch Linux you are welcome for that task

 

[plgsekip]

Hi plgsekip, which version have you tried?
A small update for everyone (sorry if I forgot this thread for some time): we released RuneAudio 0.3-alpha for Raspberry Pi about two months ago........

Hi Andrea!
It seems the 0.2-beta that I could find from runeaudio.com Thanks for providing the link for 0.3, I was looking for this version actually.

I'll let you know the results soon.
Cheers!
--
luq

 

[syklab]

Hi ACX,
Any new release for the BBB?

 

[ACX]

Hi ACX,
Any new release for the BBB?

Hi syklab,
The 0.3-beta for BBB will follow the Rpi's one. We hope to cover all the remaining platforms with this upcoming version before the end of september.

 

[plgsekip]

Hi Andrea!

Thanks for much better Rune Audio --> v0.3
No more glitches/crackles/pops even with default settings. Congratulation! Works perfect for 24 bit / 96 kHz

An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.

 

[fab]

I like the Runeaudio but is there any chance the Wifi usb module provided with the Raspberry Pie would be installed and working (as it does with Volumio)?

Thanks
Fab

 

[ACX]

I like the Runeaudio but is there any chance the Wifi usb module provided with the Raspberry Pie would be installed and working (as it does with Volumio)?

Thanks
Fab

Hi fab,
Have you tried to configure it with the wi-fi wizard which we introduced in the RuneUI since the 0.3-alpha release?

 

[fab]

Hi fab,
Have you tried to configure it with the wi-fi wizard which we introduced in the RuneUI since the 0.3-alpha release?

I was not using the wizard properly where you have to manually enter the SSID and parameters. Now it works fine .

Thanks
Fab

 

[Chanh]

Hi ACX,

I happened to tryout your RuneAudio for the Pi, and love it!
Would like to say BIG Thank YOU for the dedications/energies/hardworks in the background that you and the team have put together with Rune 0.3-alpha! It works fabulous and I could not wait for the 0.3-Beta to come out, in especially for BBB with Botic Cape or I2S direct!
Subscribing here on! Here is a photos of my setup on Raspberry Pi with Rune Audio 0.3-alpha OS I2S to DAC.

An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.

Many thanks again to the Rune team, and ACX!
Chanh

 

[ACX]

Here is a photos of my setup on Raspberry Pi with Rune Audio 0.3-alpha OS I2S to DAC.

Whoa, can you describe yor setup in detail? What is that kind of tower?

 

[dhbiker]

this

 

[Chanh]

Whoa, can you describe yor setup in detail? What is that kind of tower?

Hi ACX,

My setup consist of 11-DDDAC (Doede is the designer) boards in parallel stacking which consist of 22 x 1794A DAC chips. I like the design as it is NOS (None Over Sampling or digital filtering). This particular setup is the first of its kind, since I went on and spent the addition $4k+ on quality parts/components and murerous hours spending for the modifications;
1. All stocks resisters/caps were removed and replaced by AudioNote Tantalum None Magnatic reisters and Elna Silmic II RFS.
2. Separate digital and analog power supply by introduce another RC stage on raw choke input unregulated power supply for global.
3. There are in total 47 Tent Labs Shunt Regulators acting as local regulators and soldered right at the DAC chip.

All in all, I could not be any more satisfied as I was trying to replicate the analog sound of vinyl alike and I think I have it!
Your Rune 0.3 has brought it yet to another level between my WaveIO and Rasp PI I2S direct. Now I can't wait for the BBB with Rune OS + I2S + Botic Cape from Twister Pears ( Russ/Miero/Brian team). Amazing thing when Community collaborates together...!

Here are more photos with WaveIO.

Many thanks again!
Chanh