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r A u d i o   1

Audio player for all Raspberry Pis: Zero, 1, 2, 3 and 4

guide

  • A new release after R+R e6
  • Based on Arch Linux Arm
  • Metadata Tag Editor - *.cue support
  • Album mode with coverarts
  • File mode with thumbnail icons
  • Coverarts and bookmarks - add, replace and remove
  • WebRadio coverarts - online fetched
  • *.jpg, *.png and animated *.gif applicable
  • *.wav - album artists and sort tracks
  • *.cue - virtually as individual tracks in all modes and user playlists
  • Live display update across multiple clients
  • Wi-Fi connection can be pre-configured for headless mode.
  • USB DAC plug ang play
  • Supported GPIO devices
    • I²S audio module
    • Character LCD: 16x2, 20x4 and 40x4
    • TFT 3.5" LCD (320x420)
    • Power on/off button
    • Relay module (GPIO)
  • Renderers / Clients - with metadata and coverarts
    • AirPlay
    • Bluetooth audio
    • Snapcast
    • Spotify Connect
    • UPnP
  • Streamers
    • Bluetooth audio
    • simple HTTP (no metadata)
    • Snapcast
  • Support boot from USB drive without SD card
  • USB drive
    • plug ang play
    • Audio CD (with external power supply)
      • with metadata and coverarts
      • editable existing/missing metadata

Default root password: ros

Q&A

rAudio Discussions - Questions, comments and bug reports

Image files:

DIY Image file

  • rOS - Build image files with interactive process

How-to

  • Write an image file to a micro SD card (8GB or more):
    • Install Raspberry Pi Imager
    • Download an image file.
    • CHOOSE OS > Use custom (OR right click the image file > Open with > Raspberry Pi Imager)
    • CHOOSE STORAGE > select SD card > WRITE
    • Verify is optional.
    • Boot from USB drive without SD card
      • For Raspberry Pi 2B v1.2, 3A+, 3B, 3B+, 4B
      • Setup USB mass storage boot
      • CHOOSE STORAGE > select USB drive > WRITE
      • Should be used only when USB drive is faster than SD card.
  • Existing users:
    • Keep current setup SD card.
    • Try with a spare one before moving forward.
    • Always use backup.gz created by latest update to restore system.
  • Before power on:
    • Wi-Fi pre-configure - 4 alternatives: (Only if no wired LAN available.)
      • From backup.gz
      • From existing
        • Copy an existing profile file from /etc/netctl
        • Rename it to wifi then copy it to BOOT before power on.
      • Edit template file - name and password.
        • Rename wifi0 in BOOT to wifi
        • Edit SSID and Key.
      • Generate a complex profile - static IP, hidden SSID
    • Wi-Fi access point mode
      • If no wired network and no pre-configured Wi-Fi connections, Wi-Fi access point will be enabled on boot.
      • On client devices, select rAudio from Wi-Fi network list to connect.
      • On browser, open web user interface with URL raudio.local
      • Settings > Networks > Wi-Fi - search
      • Select access point to connect
      • Reboot
      • Browser refreshes when ready. (Manually refresh if it's too long.)
    • System pre-configure: (Run once)
      • Restore database and settings (Wi-Fi connection included.)
        • Copy backup.gz to BOOT
      • Expand root partition:
        • By default, root partition will be expaned on initial boot.
        • SD card backup with shrunken root partition - Create a blank file expand in BOOT before backup
      • GPIO 3.5" LCD display (Not for Zero and 1)
        • Create a blank file lcd in BOOT
      • Custom startup script
        • Copy custom script named startup to BOOT
  • Boot duration
    • RPi4: 20+ seconds
    • RPi3: 50+ seconds
    • RPi1, Zero: 80+ seconds
  • After initial boot:
    • If connected to a screen, IP address and QR code for connecting from remote devices displayed.
    • Before setup anything: Settings > Addons > rAudio > Update (if available)
    • Restore settings and database:
      • If not pre-configured, Settings > System > Backup/Restore Settings
    • Update Library database:
      • Automatically run on boot if database is empty with connected USB and NAS
      • Force update - Settings > update Library (icon next to Sources)
    • Parse coverarts for Album and directory thumbnails :
      • Only if never run before or to force update
      • Library > Album > coverart icon (next to ALBUM heading)
    • User guide
      • Settings > last icon next to Addons
  • User's startup / shutdown scripts
    • /boot/startup.sh - Run after everyting started.
    • /boot/shutdown.sh - Run last right before shutdown command.

Not working?

  • Power off and wait a few seconds then power on
  • If not connected, temporarily connect wired LAN then remove after Wi-Fi setup successfully.
  • Still no - Download the image file and start over again

Tips

  • Best sound quality:
    • Settings > MPD > Bit-perfect - Enable
    • Use only amplifier volume (Unless quality of DAC hardware volume is better.)
  • Disable features if not use to lower CPU usage: Settings > System > Features
  • Coverart as large playback control buttons
    • Tap top of coverart to see controls guide.
  • Hide top and bottom bars
    • No needs for top and bottom bars
    • Use coverart controls instead of top bar buttons
    • Swipe to switch between pages <- Library <-> Playback <-> Playlist ->
  • Drag to arrange order
    • Library home blocks
    • Playlist tracks
    • Saved playlist tracks
  • Some coverarts missing from album directories
    • Subdirectories listed after partial Library database update from context menu.
    • Subdirectories - context menu > Exclude directory
  • Some music files missing from library
    • Settings > MPD > question mark icon -scroll- FFmpeg Decoder
    • Enable if filetypes list contains ones of the missing files.
  • No albums found after update very large Library
    • Settings > MPD > Output Buffer - Increase by 8192 at a time
    • Update Library
  • CUE sheet
    • *.cue filenames must be identical to each coresponding music file.
    • Can be directly edited by Tag Editor.
  • Minimum permission for music files (on Linux ext filesystem)
    • Directories: rwxr-xr-x (755)
    • Files: rw-r--r-- (644)
  • RPi to router connection:
    • With wired LAN if possible - Disable Wi-Fi
    • With WiFi if necessary
    • With RPi accesspoint only if there's no router
  • Connect to rAudio with IP address instead of raudio.local
    • Get IP address: Menu > Network > Network Interfaces list
  • Backup SD card which already setup
    • On Linux: bash <( wget -qO - https://github.com/rern/rOS/raw/main/imagecreate.sh )
      • Shrink ROOT partition to minimum
      • Create and compress image file
  • App icon (Full screen UI) - Add to Home Screen
    • Android Chrome / iOS Safari