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changes in settings for "old" DAC

Christian R

December 05, 2014 19:44

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Hello,

I own the normal DAC (without +).
Today I flashes the image you suplied in ().

What are the changes I have to made, if I want to use it with my DAC?

Now I made this changes:

snd_soc_bmc2708
snd_soc_bcm2708_i2s
bcm2708_dmaengine
snd_soc_pcm5102a
snd_soc_hifiberry_dac

in /storage/.config/modules-load.d/hifiberry.conf

and

<advancedsettings>
<video>
<defaultplayer>dvdplayer</defaultplayer>
<defaultdvdplayer>dvdplayer</defaultdvdplayer>
</video>
<audio>
<defaultplayer>paplayer</defaultplayer>
<streamsilence>false</streamsilence>
</audio>
</advancedsettings>

in /storage/.xbmc/userdata/advancedsettings.xml

It's working now, but I get an error messages on boot screen.

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7 comments

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  HiFiBerry team December 06, 2014 06:26

  IN general this looks right, what is the error message?
  
  Best regards
  Daniel
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  Christian R December 06, 2014 11:18

  Hello Daniel,
  
  the error message is seen during boot screen.
  Is an failure with loading modules.
  
  

  
  HiFiBerry:~ # systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service
  ● systemd-modules-load.service - Load Kernel Modules
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-modules-load.service; static)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 1970-01-01 00:00:06 UTC; 44 years 11 months ago
       Docs: man:systemd-modules-load.service(8)
             man:modules-load.d(5)
    Process: 130 ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-modules-load (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 130 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
  
  Warning: Journal has been rotated since unit was started. Log output is incomplete or unavailable.
  
  

  
  
  
  and lsmod says:
  
  

  
  HiFiBerry:~ # lsmod
  Module                  Size  Used by
  snd_soc_wm8804          6900  0 
  regmap_spi              1465  1 snd_soc_wm8804
  snd_soc_pcm512x_i2c     1481  0 
  snd_soc_pcm512x         6092  1 snd_soc_pcm512x_i2c
  regmap_i2c              1974  2 snd_soc_wm8804,snd_soc_pcm512x_i2c
  snd_soc_hifiberry_dac     1728  0 
  snd_soc_pcm5102a        1046  1 
  snd_soc_bcm2708_i2s     5577  2 
  snd_soc_core          100601  5 snd_soc_pcm512x,snd_soc_wm8804,snd_soc_hifiberry_dac,snd_soc_pcm5102a,snd_soc_bcm2708_i2s
  snd_compress            7084  1 snd_soc_core
  snd_pcm_dmaengine       2927  1 snd_soc_core
  regmap_mmio             2181  1 snd_soc_bcm2708_i2s
  snd_pcm                62712  4 snd_soc_core,snd_soc_hifiberry_dac,snd_pcm_dmaengine
  snd_timer              17660  1 snd_pcm
  snd                    41549  5 snd_soc_core,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_compress
  bcm2708_rng              808  0 
  
  

  
  
  I think, I want to load kernel modules that are not available.
  Can you told me wich modules are necessary to run openelec with the hifiberry DAC.
  
  Best regards,
  Chris
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  HiFiBerry team December 06, 2014 13:06

  Hi,
  
  the modules are listed here:
  http://www.hifiberry.com/guides/hifiberry-software-configuration/
  
  Best regards
  Daniel
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  Christian R December 08, 2014 15:03

  Hello Daniel,
  
  the module snd_soc_bcm2708 is not available in the image of openelec, which I have found in Support/SD card Images on your website.
  
  modprobe says:
  

  HiFiBerry:/etc/modprobe.d # modprobe -v snd_soc_bcm2708
  modprobe: FATAL: Module snd_soc_bcm2708 not found.

  
  
  
  Is this module necessary for the DAC or is it replaced by the module snd_soc_bcm2708_i2s, wich has a similar name.
  
  Best regards,
  Christian
  
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  HiFiBerry team December 08, 2014 15:30

  Hi Christian,
  
  you are right. The module names changed with the time. But modern kernels should automatically load the right I2S modules.
  Does aplay -l list the DAC?
  
  Best regards
  Daniel
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  Christian R December 08, 2014 16:03

  Hi Daniel,
  
  output of aplay -l is:
  
  

  HiFiBerry:~ # aplay -l
  **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
  card 0: sndrpihifiberry [snd_rpi_hifiberry_dac], device 0: HifiBerry DAC HiFi pcm5102a-hifi-0 []
    Subdevices: 0/1
    Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

  
  
  
  
  I can hear music with the dac without problems. So everything seems to be ok. I have no errormessage if I use the following /storage/.config/modules-load.d/hifiberry.conf:
  
  

  snd_soc_bcm2708_i2s
  bcm2708_dmaengine
  snd_soc_pcm5102a
  snd_soc_hifiberry_dac

  
  
  
  
  Best regards,
  
  Christian
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  HiFiBerry team December 08, 2014 18:10

  Enjoy your sound!
  
  Daniel