Much appreciated, Michael. I'm pulling together the other hardware pieces to do exactly what you describe!
-Jim
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RPi4 + CamillaDSP Tutorial
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-Jim
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- #142
I'm probably missing something simple here but I loaded a known good configuration using a TOSLINK input for my MOTU Ultralite Mk5 and wasn't able to get it to work with moOde. I'm getting a clock lock on the Mk5 so clearly it is receiving a signal, but it is almost like CamillaDSP doesn't start because it does not recognize an input.
Is there something special that needs to be done to use an external input with moOde when using CamillaDSP?
Michael
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AWESOME!!
I found a motu m4 and I am trying to figure out the problem:
this command has this result:
cat /proc/asound/card2/stream0
MOTU M4 at usb-0000:01:00.0-1.4, high speed : USB Audio
Playback:
Status: Stop
Interface 1
Altset 1
Format: S32_LE
Channels: 4
Endpoint: 0x01 (1 OUT) (ASYNC)
Rates: 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000
Data packet interval: 125 us
Bits: 24
Channel map: FL FR FC LFE
Sync Endpoint: 0x81 (1 IN)
Sync EP Interface: 2
Sync EP Altset: 1
Implicit Feedback Mode: Yes
Capture:
Status: Stop
Interface 2
Altset 1
Format: S32_LE
Channels: 4
Endpoint: 0x81 (1 IN) (ASYNC)
Rates: 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000
Data packet interval: 125 us
Bits: 24
Channel map: FL FR FC LFE
In comparison with the guide of "Budget Standalone "Toslink > DSP > Toslink" with Camilladsp" the difference that I see is that the status of capture is "Stop" instead of "Running".
So we need a way to activate the capture but I don't have any idea how this could be.
OP
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- #146
Are you trying to use the analog input? Capture here refers to the M4 analog input.
If you follow the tutorial in the beginning of this thread and use the M4 analog input configuration Capture will show as "Running" once CamillaDSP starts.
Code:
michael3@raspberrypi3:~/camilladsp/configs$ cat /proc/asound/M4/stream0
MOTU M4 at usb-0000:01:00.0-1.4, high speed : USB Audio
Playback:
Status: Stop
Interface 1
Altset 1
Format: S32_LE
Channels: 4
Endpoint: 0x01 (1 OUT) (ASYNC)
Rates: 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000
Data packet interval: 125 us
Bits: 24
Channel map: FL FR FC LFE
Sync Endpoint: 0x81 (1 IN)
Sync EP Interface: 2
Sync EP Altset: 1
Implicit Feedback Mode: Yes
Capture:
Status: Running
Interface = 2
Altset = 1
Packet Size = 288
Momentary freq = 96000 Hz (0xc.0000)
Interface 2
Altset 1
Format: S32_LE
Channels: 4
Endpoint: 0x81 (1 IN) (ASYNC)
Rates: 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000
Data packet interval: 125 us
Bits: 24
Channel map: FL FR FC LFEMichael
Yes I am trying to use analog input while it's active.
Note: I am reffering to moode 8 that's why I replied to a previous post of you which you say that you can't use your input with moode.
I wonder why for moode the capture is "stop" and not running as for ubuntu server.
OP
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- #149
Was talking a bit about external inputs for moOde with @georgew2 and came up with a hacky solution, see below.
I was able to start camilladsp manually via the terminal on mOode and the analog inputs work fine.
For reference camilladsp configuration files are stored at /usr/share/camilladsp/ and the camilladsp binary is located at /usr/local/bin/camilladsp, so for example if you had a configuration called m4_analog.yml uploaded via the web GUI you could start CamillaDSP with the command:
/usr/local/bin/camilladsp -p 1234 /usr/share/camilladsp/m4_analog.yml
As a very hacky interim solution you could have two configurations, a streamer based configuration (m4_streamer.yml) and an analog input based configuration (m4_analog.yml). Set m4_streamer.yml as your default configuration so when you play digital files from moOde it plays using that configuration. When you want to use the analog input make sure no digital files are playing in moOde and enter the line below in terminal.
/usr/local/bin/camilladsp -p 1234 /usr/share/camilladsp/m4_analog.yml
When you are done with the analog input enter crtl+c to stop camilladsp from running in the terminal. It will take a few seconds but if you then try to play a digital file in moOde it will work using the m4_streamer.yml configuration. The only thing to be careful of is to make sure you are not attempting to run two instances of camilladsp at one time, so always make sure no digital files are playing when using the analog input and that the analog input configuration is not in use when attempting to play digital files.
Another solution that might be a bit more elegant would be to setup a camilladsp service completely separate from moOde as described in my tutorial. Then use an ALSA loopback as your output device in moOde. You can then use the camilladsp web GUI to switch between streamer and analog configurations and you wouldn't need to worry about starting camilladsp in the terminal.
Hope this helps!
Michael
I was able to start camilladsp manually via the terminal on mOode and the analog inputs work fine.
For reference camilladsp configuration files are stored at /usr/share/camilladsp/ and the camilladsp binary is located at /usr/local/bin/camilladsp, so for example if you had a configuration called m4_analog.yml uploaded via the web GUI you could start CamillaDSP with the command:
/usr/local/bin/camilladsp -p 1234 /usr/share/camilladsp/m4_analog.yml
As a very hacky interim solution you could have two configurations, a streamer based configuration (m4_streamer.yml) and an analog input based configuration (m4_analog.yml). Set m4_streamer.yml as your default configuration so when you play digital files from moOde it plays using that configuration. When you want to use the analog input make sure no digital files are playing in moOde and enter the line below in terminal.
/usr/local/bin/camilladsp -p 1234 /usr/share/camilladsp/m4_analog.yml
When you are done with the analog input enter crtl+c to stop camilladsp from running in the terminal. It will take a few seconds but if you then try to play a digital file in moOde it will work using the m4_streamer.yml configuration. The only thing to be careful of is to make sure you are not attempting to run two instances of camilladsp at one time, so always make sure no digital files are playing when using the analog input and that the analog input configuration is not in use when attempting to play digital files.
Another solution that might be a bit more elegant would be to setup a camilladsp service completely separate from moOde as described in my tutorial. Then use an ALSA loopback as your output device in moOde. You can then use the camilladsp web GUI to switch between streamer and analog configurations and you wouldn't need to worry about starting camilladsp in the terminal.
Hope this helps!
Michael
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thank you for your help! I just note that for convience we could use a simple app on phone which create a button which will send the above via ssh. In this way we avoid the process of connecting each time to web ssh, writing commands etc and we can with one-tap achieve the result.
Thanks for posting on that thread I started on the Moode forum. Hopefully we get a response!
That said, I'm still going to head down the ubuntu path (too).
-Jim
Good day to everyone 
- and thank you for this great discussion.
Forgive me my ignorance but I need to ask this question: I have Soekris DAM 1021 DAC and its using I2S input - It's using a standard rpi snd interface config to get the audio signal that feeds the DAC - as I understand this tutorial is set specifically for a USB Dacs - is there any chance that this will also work for my setup? if yes what I need to modify / change in order to make it working?
I'm not linux enthusiast but can follow the guide to set this up - just need some help / explanation.
Thank you!!
Alex
- and thank you for this great discussion.Forgive me my ignorance but I need to ask this question: I have Soekris DAM 1021 DAC and its using I2S input - It's using a standard rpi snd interface config to get the audio signal that feeds the DAC - as I understand this tutorial is set specifically for a USB Dacs - is there any chance that this will also work for my setup? if yes what I need to modify / change in order to make it working?
I'm not linux enthusiast but can follow the guide to set this up - just need some help / explanation.
Thank you!!
Alex
Hi everyone, I run Volumio and I'm learning CamillaDSP.
I would like to make and adjust Volume and Loudness according to my terms.
That doesn't work out at all. Everything works, but just switch the radio station and the volume jumps to 100% = 0dB. /Lib/systemd/system/camilladsp.service does not work either
Was not found. Is there any way for the DSP to remember the volume?
Thank you very much for your feedback.
I would like to make and adjust Volume and Loudness according to my terms.
That doesn't work out at all. Everything works, but just switch the radio station and the volume jumps to 100% = 0dB. /Lib/systemd/system/camilladsp.service does not work either
Was not found. Is there any way for the DSP to remember the volume?
Thank you very much for your feedback.
OP
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- #154
Good day to everyone
Forgive me my ignorance but I need to ask this question: I have Soekris DAM 1021 DAC and its using I2S input - It's using a standard rpi snd interface config to get the audio signal that feeds the DAC - as I understand this tutorial is set specifically for a USB Dacs - is there any chance that this will also work for my setup? if yes what I need to modify / change in order to make it working?
I'm not linux enthusiast but can follow the guide to set this up - just need some help / explanation.
Thank you!!
Alex
If you are using a 2 channel DAC with no external inputs I would probably just go with moOde. If you do want to use the approach in this tutorial you just need to use a slightly different configuration.
I've attached a simple configuration with an ALSA Loopback as capture device with a stereo DAC output with only volume control filters. You will need to change your playback device to whatever the ALSA name of the Soekris is (run aplay -l to find out). Also, S32LE may not be the correct format for your DAC so you can either experiment (try S24LE, S24LE3 or S32LE as they are the most common) or run aplay -D hw:YOURDACNAME--dump-hw-params /dev/zero to see the supported formats.
Michael
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- #155
Are you running CamillaDSP integrated in Volumio? Or running standalone like in this tutorial?
In terms of volume where are you doing volume control? Volumio? CamillaDSP?
If you are running Volumio it will be a different setup than what is described in this tutorial with its own quirks. Obviously the service in this tutorial will require modification based on the path to camilladsp and your configuration files but there may be other issues as well.
Michael
I use CamillaDSP, which is part of the Fusion DSP plugin.
community.volumio.org
The volume in Volumio works. But I'm trying to use Volume in CamillaDSP including Loudness, it's configurable here.
I can try to implement CamillaDSP into moOde, but I'm afraid it's beyond my knowledge ...
Thanks for the quick reply, great
FusionDsp : the complete Dsp center for Volumio3!
This plugin is designed to apply different types of Dsp on Volumio using CamillaDsp Online help/how-to help Provides A 15 bands graphic equalizer Or a 2x15 bands graphic equalizer Or a Parametric equalizer with : Up to 50 bands (peaking, lowshelf, highshelf, lowpass, highpass, notch...
community.volumio.org
I can try to implement CamillaDSP into moOde, but I'm afraid it's beyond my knowledge ...
Thanks for the quick reply, great
Thank you for your response.
When running aplay -l got this: card 0: sndrpirpidac [snd_rpi_rpi_dac], device 0:RPi-DAC HiFi pcm1794a-hifi-0
Then running: aplay -D hw:sndrpirpidac [snd_rpi_rpi_dac]--dump-hw-params /dev/zero
response: aplay: main:722: audio open error: Device or resource busy
Not sure what that means...
OK moreover - I stopped squeezelite - and now when running sndrpirpidac [snd_rpi_rpi_dac] got response: no such file or directory
But I checked ad the folder /dev/zero exists....
OP
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- #159
I use CamillaDSP, which is part of the Fusion DSP plugin.
The volume in Volumio works. But I'm trying to use Volume in CamillaDSP including Loudness, it's configurable here.FusionDsp : the complete Dsp center for Volumio3!
This plugin is designed to apply different types of Dsp on Volumio using CamillaDsp Online help/how-to help Provides A 15 bands graphic equalizer Or a 2x15 bands graphic equalizer Or a Parametric equalizer with : Up to 50 bands (peaking, lowshelf, highshelf, lowpass, highpass, notch...
I can try to implement CamillaDSP into moOde, but I'm afraid it's beyond my knowledge ...
Thanks for the quick reply, great
Not going to be able to help much as I have not idea how Volumio is implementing CamillaDSP, probably best to ask the Volumio folks. It sounds to me like CamillaDSP may restarting each time the station is changed.
Michael
Yes - I killed the squeezelite - edited my previous post
I'm using Max2play which is in essence Raspbian
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