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Help w/RPi2, DAC+, OSMC dist and ALSA

atreyu

March 11, 2016 01:20

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Hello,

I just opened a Request, but I think I should have posted it here in the community forum instead (b/c I don't think there is anything wrong w/the DAC+ itself).  Here's the link to the request:

https://support.hifiberry.com/hc/en-us/requests/1167 

 

The gist is this: I have an RPi 2, a DAC+, OSMC and ALSA installed.  Sound works fine going through the OSMC interface, but I cannot play back audio from the terminal (i.e., using alsa, mpg123, etc.).  See the Request link for details.

Sorry for the double-post

Thanks for any insight!

-bill

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  HiFiBerry team March 11, 2016 07:50

  Hi Bill,

  playing back mono files with aplay won't work. Check out this article on playing test sounds:

  https://support.hifiberry.com/hc/en-us/articles/205322332-Playing-test-sounds
  
  I recommend mplayer as it works quite well and con process many file formats.

  Also make sure OSMC isn't running when you try to play from command line as only a single process can use the sound card.

  Best regards,
  Daniel

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  atreyu March 12, 2016 20:01

  I tried using mplayer instead of aplay/mpg123 and that works fine, thanks.  Now to change my scripts...

  and FWIW, I was able to do it while OSMC was running, too, which is a slam dunk for me.

   

  cheers,

  -b