opinions on best player for.... Pi music player

[klatk]

Hello,

So the twist on this question is... what's the best music player solution for a Pi 1 Model B with a Hifiberry Digi that is so old that Hifiberry seems to have erased all mentions of its existence (and how-to's)... I originally started by looking at Pi MusicBox, but see on this forum that Moode, Volumio and Squeezebox(?) among others seem popular.

I'm thinking that I have to use an old version of one of these that still supports the Pi 1B and 26-pin Hifiberry dac...

Thanks,

clueless

 

[DRONE7]

If it is the 512MB version then you can run the current MoOde release.

Provided you're not trying to do resampling or DSP then it should be quite useful.

There is a setting on the main System Configuration page for the USB mode for those older ARM6 Pi you will need to change.

moodeaudio.org
Moode Forum

 

[phofman]

Most likely the 26-pin DAC can be wired to the newer 40-pin RPis.

 

[DRONE7]

I found the old HiFiBleary Dac site
Soldering the HiFiBerry | HiFiBerry

and it uses the P5 header.... I've used this for other DACs and it worked well...

Moode Audio Player for Raspberry Pi

 

[Man in a van]

This is my "Turtle", running pCP (LMS and Squeezelite) with a Cyrus Logic Dac.


Configuration is a little slow 🙁, but playback is fine 🙂




I fire it up every now and then (mostly on headphones)
ronnie

 

[klatk]

thanks.

Moode looks pretty nifty.... what if my Pi is only 256MB? What's the latest release that could deal with that?

pcp, lms and squeezelite, huh? that sounds like a lot of work, but I'll take a look at that too!

 

[Jerms]

I may be wrong.... but....
You need to have a Pi1 rev 2.0 with a P5 header to have I2S. Happily, I think that means it's 512MB too. If you've earlier than that, it's USB or audio jack only I think.


It's been a few years though.

 

[DRONE7]

@Jerms....
Your memory serves you well !

P5: 8-pin (2x4) 2.54 mm header expansion (header not fitted), on the bottom of the board, providing: see Low-level peripherals (Model B Revision 2.0 and Model A boards only)

4 GPIOs at 3.3 V
3.3 V, 5 V and GND supply pins
Second I²C interface (3.3 V) (if pins are reconfigured in software)
I²S interface (if pins are reconfigured in software)
Handshake signals for the UART on the P1 header (if pins are reconfigured in software)

From..
RPi Hardware - eLinux.org

So the O/P's board would be 512MB

 

[klatk]

Yay! I didn't realize there were 2 revs of the Pi 1 B.

Now I've just gotta buy a couple more SD cards so I can try these other options out. The guy who I inherited the pi and hifiberry from suggested Pi Musicbox so now I've got a couple options to compare it with.

Thanks, guys!

 

[phase]

Shouldn’t this be in the digital source section, and not in pc audio?

For the pc I use vlc player, but I don’t have a raspberry pi…