moOde audio player for Raspberry Pi

[audio_tony]

Our build tooling could prolly be modified to produce something for Intel architecture but given that moode is optimized for and takes advantage of Raspberry Pi features, an unknown amount of cross-platform software modifications would be required. Maybe a dev with cross-platform Pi/Intel experience will someday create an Intel moode fork.

In any case Raspberry Pi is inexpensive, powerful and enjoys a massive Software and hardware ecosystem. That makes for a low barrier to entry. Plus moOde is totally free and DIY friendly

Thanks for replying. Whilst I have a lot of experience with Linux as a sysadmin, my dev skills are somewhat lacking.

I took a look at your github page and pondered over trying to port it to Intel but quickly realised doing so was somewhat above my pay grade!

 

[dlovesmusic]

Our build tooling could prolly be modified to produce something for Intel architecture but given that moode is optimized for and takes advantage of Raspberry Pi features, an unknown amount of cross-platform software modifications would be required. Maybe a dev with cross-platform Pi/Intel experience will someday create an Intel moode fork.

In any case Raspberry Pi is inexpensive, powerful and enjoys a massive Software and hardware ecosystem. That makes for a low barrier to entry. Plus moOde is totally free and DIY friendly

Hi Tim, a big fan. Would like to know if there is any plan for moode support for Bookworm or the platform is still a bit immature?

Cheers

 

[Falco]

Hi Tim, a big fan. Would like to know if there is any plan for moode support for Bookworm or the platform is still a bit immature?

Cheers

To my knowledge moOde 9.0.0 is the first release based on bookworm.

 

[Tim Curtis]

Yes of course, moode 9 is built on Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm Lite, 64-bit, kernel 6.6.28. Just a quick click on the link in the announcement post I made earlier will take you to the details in our Forum.

Here's the link for convenience
https://moodeaudio.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=6484&pid=54308#pid54308

 

[anotherhobby]

Uhm you do realize that I do know Linux, Docker, K8s, etc ... right?
Oh wait, you didn't know that and you don't know me.
(I'm the guy who has a couple 24core/48vCore 256GB servers in a cluster for my home office)

It doesn't matter what you have, when you go virtual, there are limitations because your underlying OS has to share resources.
Just as there are compute limitations to the Pi, there are also hardware issues when you go virtual.

I don't need to know anything about you to know you don't know the limitations of a system you know nothing about. Try being curious instead of arrogant. Also, containers are not virtualization, and the fact that you think it is tells me all I need to know about what you know. Get over yourself.

 

[im_gumby]

I don't need to know anything about you to know you don't know the limitations of a system you know nothing about. Try being curious instead of arrogant. Also, containers are not virtualization, and the fact that you think it is tells me all I need to know about what you know. Get over yourself.

Dude, the limitations are inherent to Docker itself.
So I don't need to know your exact configuration to know that you'll have issues running something over bare metal.
When you can write a device driver using vi... give me a call.

 

[aagstn]

Very happy to see version 9 get an official release. Set it up on my Pi 5 using the Argon one case and Dac and everything is working flawlessly. I have lost all interest in the Wiim or anything else for streaming. This software does exactly what I need and sorts my library exactly the way I have my tags set. This was my one gripe with Plex that has never been addressed even a decade later.

 

[TheBatsEar]

When you can write a device driver using vi... give me a call.

You guys should get a room.

BTW, real men don't need UNIX or vi to write a device driver. They use a magnetized needle, noob.

 

[im_gumby]

You guys should get a room.
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BTW, real men don't need UNIX or vi to write a device driver. They use a magnetized needle, noob.

LOL and still have drum drives in your basement.

 

[AdamG]

Let’s not Hijack This thread. Stay on topic please and take off topic conversations to PM or start your own thread.

Please and thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

 

[Tim Curtis]

Very happy to see version 9 get an official release. Set it up on my Pi 5 using the Argon one case and Dac and everything is working flawlessly. I have lost all interest in the Wiim or anything else for streaming. This software does exactly what I need and sorts my library exactly the way I have my tags set. This was my one gripe with Plex that has never been addressed even a decade later.

Glad to hear things are working.
There is a 9.0.1 bugfix release in the works.

 

[Tim Curtis]

Hi,

moOde 9.0.1 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=6530&pid=54711#pid54711

 

[simbloke]

Is Moode suitable for systems that just get turned off rather than shut down properly?

 

[Barrelhouse Solly]

Is Moode suitable for systems that just get turned off rather than shut down properly?

No. Pulling the plug can cause disk corruption.

 

[Tim Curtis]

It's a myth. In over 10 years on the moode project I've never had an SD Card go bad on any of my systems from just pulling the plug, and I do that on a regular basis especially during a dev cycle. My 6 to 8 Raspberry Pi systems also experience extreme levels of disk write during dev as a result of constant software and image reloads, prolly 1000 times more than any end-user system and no issues whatsoever with SD Cards. My experiences are shared by most devs and users of our software.

Just make sure you don't skimp on this important component. Use Surveillance-grade cards like WD Purple QD101.

 

[simbloke]

I was thinking of the OS filesystem rather than the SD card.I have never had a problem with SD cards either.

I just wondered if it was using read only mounts and tmpfs as some systems do to avoid hard power off issues.

 

[Tim Curtis]

In my previous post, bad SD Card refers to Linux file system corruption and not some sort of physical or electrical issue with the media itself.

Moode doesn't use a read-only or overlay file system because none of our project experience data indicates it's necessary. If file system corruption from cutting power were a frequently reported issue in our Forum or on other Raspberry Pi forums, investigated by Raspberry Pi engineers and kernel devs and root cause determined then for sure I'd be implementing whatever fix was recommended.

 

[audio_tony]

The Linux filesystem (ext4) is actually very resilient, as it's a journalling filesystem and copes well with sudden power loss.

I've used the Pi fairly extensively over the past 10 years or so and never had a corrupt SD card either (and I don't use anything special).

 

[Barrelhouse Solly]

It's a myth. In over 10 years on the moode project I've never had an SD Card go bad on any of my systems from just pulling the plug, and I do that on a regular basis especially during a dev cycle. My 6 to 8 Raspberry Pi systems also experience extreme levels of disk write during dev as a result of constant software and image reloads, prolly 1000 times more than any end-user system and no issues whatsoever with SD Cards. My experiences are shared by most devs and users of our software.

Just make sure you don't skimp on this important component. Use Surveillance-grade cards like WD Purple QD101.

Thanks. I always thought it was like a desktop machine.

 

[Tim Curtis]

Hi,

moOde 9.0.2 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=6594&pid=55186#pid55186



-Tim