moOde audio player for Raspberry Pi

[Tim Curtis]

Hi,

moOde 10.2.3 (Trixie) is available in the Media Player OS section of the Raspberry Pi Imager or as a direct download from the Release archive at moodeaudio.org. Visit the Forum for more information https://moodeaudio.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=8768&pid=72883#pid72883

 

[Tim Curtis]

Hi,

moOde 10.2.4 (Trixie) is available in the Media Player OS section of the Raspberry Pi Imager or as a direct download from the Release archive at moodeaudio.org. Visit the Forum for more information https://moodeaudio.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=8774&pid=72935#pid72935

 

[tc2007]

Is the WiFi hotspot connection supposed to be reenabled every time the Wifi / Ethernet is not connected? What if I configure WiFi once (which disables the hotspot I think), and hand the device to someone else to use on their own home, would they be forced to connect to the Ethernet? Or do I first re-enable the hotspot before handing it to them? Wondering if I am doing something wrong here (and I am a technical person).

Ideally, when no other network is connected, the hotspot should automatically start with the saved hotspot password. A QR code for the address 172.24.1.1 (which is quite difficult to remember) on the screen would be nice too. Might as well show the SSID and password for the hotspot on the screen for non-technical people to setup the first time.

 

[Rocky Maine]

Use the Notes app on your phone to document this. I've got notes for my streamers, RPi, router, etc. I also use OneNote on my laptop and have the app on my phone so information is just a few taps away (they sync).

 

[threni]

Is the WiFi hotspot connection supposed to be reenabled every time the Wifi / Ethernet is not connected? What if I configure WiFi once (which disables the hotspot I think), and hand the device to someone else to use on their own home, would they be forced to connect to the Ethernet? Or do I first re-enable the hotspot before handing it to them? Wondering if I am doing something wrong here (and I am a technical person).

Ideally, when no other network is connected, the hotspot should automatically start with the saved hotspot password. A QR code for the address 172.24.1.1 (which is quite difficult to remember) on the screen would be nice too. Might as well show the SSID and password for the hotspot on the screen for non-technical people to setup the first time.

moOde will look for the hotspot if there's no ethernet connection within a configurable amount of time. On some devices (eg phones) it's a hassle to connect to the hotspot address as you have to come off the wifi you were using on the phone, so it might be more convenient to connect the pi to the phone via hotspot (eg with the ssid name/password the same as your normal wifi connection). The only problem with that - if you're using Android at least - is that I don't know of a way of determining the ip address allocated by your phone to the pi other then by installing an app which shows the ip addresses of devices on your network.

 

[Tim Curtis]

Is the WiFi hotspot connection supposed to be reenabled every time the Wifi / Ethernet is not connected? What if I configure WiFi once (which disables the hotspot I think), and hand the device to someone else to use on their own home, would they be forced to connect to the Ethernet? Or do I first re-enable the hotspot before handing it to them? Wondering if I am doing something wrong here (and I am a technical person).

Ideally, when no other network is connected, the hotspot should automatically start with the saved hotspot password. A QR code for the address 172.24.1.1 (which is quite difficult to remember) on the screen would be nice too. Might as well show the SSID and password for the hotspot on the screen for non-technical people to setup the first time.

The Hotspot automatically starts if in Network Config:

1. "Network SSID" is set to "Activate Hotspot"
2. "Network SSID" is set to some SSID but it can't be connected to during startup.

 

[kiwipaul]

I want to use Moode with the shiny new SendSpin renderer that works with Music Assistant so I wrote one. Its working well for me but as with any new code take care. There is a script on my GitHub that installs renderer on existing Moode install. Unless Tim adds this it will be over written by updates. Anyway, I am happy with this new Moode feature. Roast me...


I took the PR with basic SendSpin code and worked up a full SendSpin renderer.

https://github.com/kiwipaulrob/moode/

Sadly my past training in COBOL, BASIC and similar did not help much so I enlisted AI for most of the coding. I did take care and it is working reliably for me. There is a script to update a Moode installation.

Tim, I don't want to burden you with poor code so I haven't made a pull request but happy to do so.

Readme for SendSpin Renderer

Notes for Tim on new code

 

[Tim Curtis]

I want to use Moode with the shiny new SendSpin renderer that works with Music Assistant so I wrote one. Its working well for me but as with any new code take care. There is a script on my GitHub that installs renderer on existing Moode install. Unless Tim adds this it will be over written by updates. Anyway, I am happy with this new Moode feature. Roast me...



I took the PR with basic SendSpin code and worked up a full SendSpin renderer.

https://github.com/kiwipaulrob/moode/

Sadly my past training in COBOL, BASIC and similar did not help much so I enlisted AI for most of the coding. I did take care and it is working reliably for me. There is a script to update a Moode installation.

Tim, I don't want to burden you with poor code so I haven't made a pull request but happy to do so.

Readme for SendSpin Renderer

Notes for Tim on new code

Maybe best to wait and see if this ever gains acceptance before adding to the TODO list.

 

[Tim Curtis]

Hi,

moOde 10.3.0 (Trixie) is available in the Media Player OS section of the Raspberry Pi Imager or as a direct download from the Release archive at moodeaudio.org. Visit the Forum for more information https://moodeaudio.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=8794&pid=73111#pid73111

 

[Tim Curtis]

Hi,

moOde 10.3.1 (Trixie) is available in the Media Player OS section of the Raspberry Pi Imager or as a direct download from the Release archive at moodeaudio.org. Visit the Forum for more information https://moodeaudio.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=8848&pid=73691#pid73691

Lots of nice fixes to the new Radio Browser feature plus some improvements to how volume is handled and tracked in PeppyMeter

 

[Tim Curtis]

Hi,

moOde 10.3.2 (Trixie) is available in the Media Player OS section of the Raspberry Pi Imager or as a direct download from the Release archive at moodeaudio.org. Visit the Forum for more information https://moodeaudio.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=8849&pid=73697#pid73697

- Native DSD and DoP levels are now supported in the wonderful PeppyMeter thanks to contributions from dev @Gjuju
- Bluetooth secure Confirm Code pairing replaces the obsolete fixed PIN paring, also from dev @Gjuju

For code lovers here are the peppyalsa and alsa-lib PR's
peppyalsa

Read the level of a DoP stream instead of a constant by Gjuju · Pull Request #5 · project-owner/peppyalsa

The problem On a DSD source played as DoP, the meter never moves — the FIFO carries a constant value and the needles sit still. PCM is unaffected. DoP is not a conversion but an encapsulation: 16 D...

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Fix build on 64-bit and on GCC 14 (issue #4) by Gjuju · Pull Request #6 · project-owner/peppyalsa

Backports the three fixes carried in moOde's peppyalsa packaging (patch by kent_reed) to this repo, closing #4. peppyalsa.c — the config locals read by snd_config_get_integer() were int, but i...

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alsa-lib

[alsa-lib] — package the PCM meter scope fixes by Gjuju · Pull Request #24 · moode-player/pkgbuild

Update 2026-07-23 — this PR changes status. It was opened as a test/discussion PR; after yesterday's investigation it is a release-relevant fix. Everything below was re-validated on a freshly f...

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