Moode Audio Player for Raspberry Pi

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CallMeMike

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voxxonline said:
I have an old, original rpi. Is it better to upgrade to any newer version in order to get better performance or an original rpi is enough to enjoy music and moode player?
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You don't state your current MoOde version... anyway, probably it is best you buy a quality 8GB uSD card, install whichever newer MoOde version you can get and decide for yourself. Try at the beginning the standard playback features just to avoid overloading the CPU and the memory... and take it from there. ... and by the way, this MoOde thread is rather 'dead' for a good while with the exception to posts from people who are not usual MoOde users or people who cannot be bothered to read the whole thread or parts of it. The new dedicated MoOde forum has been advertised here many times, but... Give it a try: Moode Forum
 
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Hi,

moOde 6.0.0 is available for download at moodeaudio.org :)

This release is based on the new Raspbian 10.0 (Buster) operating system and includes support for the Raspberry Pi-4B 1/2/4GB models, a new UPnP Media Browser, enhancements to the Library, updated core components and important bug fixes and improvements. Also included is MPD 0.21.13 for testing purposes. MPD 0.20.23 continues to be the default version of MPD used in moOde. Refer to the Release Notes for more information.. Moode Audio Player * GitHub

-Tim
 

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I installed it in my RPI3B+ and it took me some 10 minutes to setup. Spotify Connect, Airplay, Bluetooth, all worked fine. I tried to google, but was not successful - is there a way to integrate Spotify directly into the device? I saw that with Volumio, it should be possible in Moode as well.
 
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TimCurtis

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Hi,

moOde 6.3.0 is available for download at moodeaudio.org :)

This release includes important bug fixes and improvements including support for Allo USBridge SIG, enhanced Eth driver, Comfast CF-912AC dual-band WiFi adapter driver, Library option for Album grouping by Artist, Album or Year, and options for 64-bit Linux kernel (testing) and MPD 0.21.15 (testing).

This release is based on Raspbian Buster Lite 10.1 (2019-09-26) and Linux kernel 4.19.75 build #1270

Refer to the Release Notes for more information.
moode/relnotes.txt at master * moode-player/moode * GitHub

-Tim
 

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Hi,

For my SIG + Katana (SQ output board, no Isolator board) I use a configuration like below. it's mostly just the default moOde OOB settings except that I typically run the latest 0.21.y series of MPD to be able to take advantage of all the bug fixes and improvements.

Also if you are using an ESS based DAC that exposes it's on-chip hardware volume controller to ALSA then you can set MPD volume control to "Hardware" and according to ESS you get a volume controller thats almost as good as the very best Analog volume controllers. http://www.esstech.com/files/3014/4095/4308/digital-vs-analog-volume-control.pdf

- MPD volume control = Hardware
- Other DSP features = Off
- Default options for the ESS chip: (1) Oversampling filter = Apodising Fast Roll-off filter, (2) De-emphasis = Bypass, (3) Dop = on
- CPU governor = On-demand
- Kernel architecture = 32-bit
- HDMI port = Off
- Wait for eth0 address = Off
- WiFi adapter is a Comfast CF-912AC dual-band

-Tim
 

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matthiasw

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TimCurtis said:
Hi,
For my SIG + Katana (SQ output board, no Isolator board) I use a configuration like below. it's mostly just the default moOde OOB settings except that I typically run the latest 0.21.y series of MPD to be able to take advantage of all the bug fixes and improvements.
Also if you are using an ESS based DAC that exposes it's on-chip hardware volume controller to ALSA then you can set MPD volume control to "Hardware" and according to ESS you get a volume controller thats almost as good as the very best Analog volume controllers. http://www.esstech.com/files/3014/4095/4308/digital-vs-analog-volume-control.pdf
- MPD volume control = Hardware
- Other DSP features = Off
- Default options for the ESS chip: (1) Oversampling filter = Apodising Fast Roll-off filter, (2) De-emphasis = Bypass, (3) Dop = on
- CPU governor = On-demand
- Kernel architecture = 32-bit
- HDMI port = Off
- Wait for eth0 address = Off
- WiFi adapter is a Comfast CF-912AC dual-band
-Tim
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Thanks Tim,

I forgot to mention that I would like to go for an USB-DAC like the upcoming Revolution DAC from Allo and I would like to let Audirvana do all DSD converting or upsampling.

So the signal path through Moode should be as pure as possible.

Does this change some settings you mentioned?

Thanks again.

Matt
 
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phofman

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TimCurtis said:
Also if you are using an ESS based DAC that exposes it's on-chip hardware volume controller to ALSA then you can set MPD volume control to "Hardware" and according to ESS you get a volume controller thats almost as good as the very best Analog volume controllers. http://www.esstech.com/files/3014/4095/4308/digital-vs-analog-volume-control.pdf
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ESS does in its chip the very same division of samples by a fixed number like any software volume does. The same sample value will reach the actual DAC stage. That PDF just discusses advantage of digital volume on higher bitwidth. While the ESS chips are very good, they still have not reached real 24bit resolution. Division in both 32bits and 24bits will have the lowest bits below the DAC noise floor and the higher bits are identical for both cases.
 
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TimCurtis

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matthiasw said:
Thanks Tim,

I forgot to mention that I would like to go for an USB-DAC like the upcoming Revolution DAC from Allo and I would like to let Audirvana do all DSD converting or upsampling.

So the signal path through Moode should be as pure as possible.

Does this change some settings you mentioned?

Thanks again.

Matt
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If u are using moOde just as a UPnP renderer and i assume controlling volume with Audirvana or some downstream volume control device then you would want to set MPD volume to "Disabled (0dB)".
 
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matthiasw

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TimCurtis said:
If u are using moOde just as a UPnP renderer and i assume controlling volume with Audirvana or some downstream volume control device then you would want to set MPD volume to "Disabled (0dB)".
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Yes, volume control with analog preamp downstream.

With a wired ethernet connection to the SIG the setting would be:

Wait for eth0 address: ON

Correct?

I have searched many forums and did not found many issues in working together of Audirvana and Moode as UPnP renderer.

What is your experience?

Thanks

Matt
 
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matthiasw

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Hi Tim,

cdsgames reported on the Shanti thread that USBridge Sig. does support up to DSD512.

I assume he tested it with MoOde.

I want to send high rate native DSD (not DoP) via UPnP to the SIG/MoOde and then to USB-DAC.

Do exist MoOde settings so that DSD stays native and does not get converted into DoP or PCM?

Thanks

Matt
 
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