Moode Audio Player for Raspberry Pi

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Michelag said:
So, installed (clean install) the last version.
I am keeping an old sdcard with version 8.

Lineup sees an Amanero 384 with a diy AD1862 DAC.

I get always cracks and pops in sound, they are slightly less with v8, unlistenable with v9.

When the USB is connected to the phone, it works flawlessly, so I tend to exclude an issue by the Amanero/DAC side.

Configuration, it has Amanero 384 combo as output device.
Named i2s device is empty, I tried all the 3 possible options for i2s dac (generic, hifiberry, the other french one), same situation.
Other parameters are just out of the installation, so plain vanilla. No DSP, no Camilla, anything.
What do I do wrong?

PS.: am I in the right thread?

Thanks
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Hello!

I recommend you to update the firmware of your USB transport. I have solved many of my problems with my Amanero with the latest firmware.

Regards!
 
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#16,123
Hi,

moOde 9.3.3 is available in the Media Player OS section of the Raspberry Pi Imager or as a direct download at https://moodeaudio.org. Visit the Forum for more information https://moodeaudio.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=7685&pid=63532#pid63532

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#16,124
Hi,

I’m using Moode audio player on a Raspberry Pi to play audio through two USB devices: headphones (card 3: Device_1) for the full spectrum and a subwoofer (card 0: Device) for low frequencies (20–100Hz) in a meditation lounge setup. The audio source is a NAS on a Mac. My goal is simultaneous playback: headphones in stereo, subwoofer in mono with low-pass filtering. I have configured the mpd.conf file to setup audio ouputs for both devices. Now I need to apply a lowpass filter to the subwoofer device. I tried using MDP's "ffmpeg" as a lowpass filter...

mpd.conf setup:
Code: 
filter {
    plugin "ffmpeg"
    name "lowpass"
    graph "lowpass=f=100"
}

audio_output {
    type        "alsa"
    name        "Headphones"
    device      "hw:3,0"
    mixer_type  "software"
    enabled     "yes"
}

audio_output {
    type        "alsa"
    name        "Subwoofer"
    device      "hw:0,0"
    mixer_type  "software"
    enabled     "yes"
    filters     "lowpass"
}

Restarted MPD via sudo systemctl restart mpd and checked the status via journalctl -u mpd | tail -n 20 and i get the following error:
Code: 
westonmoode mpd[14952]: 2025-05-09T01:06:36 output: Failed to initialize filter chain for "Subwoofer": No such filter plugin: ffmpeg

Why is it saying there's no "ffmpeg" filter plugin? Isn't this filter built into MPD?
 
#16,125
Following up my latest post..
I've done some research and now understand that the MPD compilation that Moode OS uses does not enable FFmpeg as a filter, but only as a decoder. So there's no recourse on that other than asking Tim to add it as a compile-time option, which I'm not going to do because I'm sure there's good reason for it.

Nonetheless, I've figured out that I can add a lowpass filter to the subwoofer via CamillaDSP, and have successfully done so. The only problem that remains is that because I have two separate usb devices (headphones & sub) and Moode only allows me to select one output device in the WebUI, I have to manually add the headphones in the mpd.conf file. If this is ignorance, please call me out.
If the power goes out and the mpd.conf file is reset via reboot, the heaphones wont receive output.

If there isn't another way to have 2 audio_ouput devices set in the WebUI (or by other means without losing config) then I can think of two solutions. Either a surge-protector with a power bank to keep the Pi alive, or get a splitter and have both heaphones & subwoofers (there's two subs) hooked up to it, an learn how to configure Camilla for that setup.

I really do enjoy this stuff. Moode is really fun to play with and I look forward to supporting this open source project (via funds & promotion cause my php is lacking XP )
 
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#16,129
@TimCurtis that's fair, although I am not an employee of this business, I'm friends with one there and doing this as a favor.
I ended up buying my own Raspi because I like music/audio-stuff and I find Moode is a fun and useful tool.
I will try again in the future when I'm fully a DIY-end user.
Thanks for the link, looks like that will do it!
 
#16,134
@TimCurtis

Running latest downloadable Moode Player
RPi 4 computer
HifiBerry I2S DAC Pro+ balanced Hat
Dacs used are Geshilli J3 Pro, Soekris DAM1021, Lampizator Baltic-4. All dacs use a version of Amanero USB card. All have balanced outputs.
RPi connectivity to dac is USB.

When using RPi with Moode player, the Geshelli J3 Pro has low output, even when using balanced output. All other dacs play at normal volume with Moode Player and RPi server. When using the Geshelli DAC with a different server running Daphile the output is normal.

Is the Geshilli Labs J3 Pro compatible with Moode Player or is there a settting not configured correctly?

I tried different volume controls: software, hardware and fixed. All 3 settings have same low output.

Anything else I can check?

Thanks,

Vince
 
#16,135
Could be some sort of incompatibility with the USB chipset and firmware in that device. There are no Moode-level settings specifically for USB device volume and most USB audio devices work fine with PiOS and Pi Linux kernel but there are some that require custom kernel quirks to be coded.

Here's the USB audio quirks file in the Pi Linux source tree
https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/blob/rpi-6.12.y/sound/usb/quirks.c

You might want to post in the kernel issues list to see if anyone has some insights. The kernel version used in moode 9.3.4 is 6.12.25.
https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues

Also, with the USB device connected and set as the Audio output, reboot and then post the moode startup log and I'll have a look.
The log can be viewed via the SSH command moodeutl -l or downloaded via the Logs section in System Config, or via Menu, System info from any of the Config screens. The startup log will be at the end of System info output.
 
#16,136
I have been a very happy user of Moode for my Raspberry Pi 4 since some time. Started with release 8.3.3 and a few days ago I upgraded to 9.3.4 from 9.2.4 and I felt that something wasn't right so I made a second SD with 9.2.4 to compare.
Sure, there is a quite big drop in sound quality with 9.3.4 compared to my previous 9.2.4
Can someone tell my why this is?

Are there earlier releases that the community say is better sounding than later releases?

Is it because of setup?
I have noticed that some settings of resource allocation in MPD have a huge impact on sound quality.
For 9.2.4 I have settled for these as the best sounding in my rig.
settings mpd.jpg


I noticed that a new version of MPD was used with the latest release.
Should I look for the change in sound quality because of a different MPD version ?
I really love the sound from my 9.2.4 so I will take great care to save that version.

Using my Raspberry pi4 with Allo Digione and for DAC I use Mark Levinson No. 360s that sound fantastic with well recorded 24 bit 96kHz material.

I'm a bit concerned that the sound quality degraded and need some deeper insight from people with more and longer experience of using Moode.
Best version for the highest sound quality?
I set everything up for minimal processing, but have noticed that buffer sizes and input cache have a great impact on sound quality.
 
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