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Hifiberry Digi+ Pro

Kostas7GTR

December 11, 2016 13:33

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Hello,

I got my new Hifiberry Digi+ Pro version 2 days ago and im having trouble making it work.

I have a Pi3 and so far used Volumio to listen to music with a cheap analog hat without a problem.

When i got my Hifiberry Digi+ Pro with my new 2.5amp psu i got also the steel

case and a new sd card and installed the latest 2.031 Volumio on it.

I opened the Volumio web interface and i saw that it had detected the

Hifiberry Digi as output device prolly from eprom read ?

https://i.gyazo.com/0898d9829d7f1db1cb123e968cb2fbd8.jpg

I also enabled i2s support and selected Hifiberry Digi there too and restarted Volumio.

I loaded some music and tried to get output first from Coax and then from optical output without a success.

Music playback started and i had no out from both digital outs.

After spending hours restarting resetting testing the hdmi and analog out that

worked without a problem found that i can't get out on my new Digi+ Pro.

I manualy edit the config file and set the parameters for my digi+ Pro and result was the same.

Also i have to say that when i have the Hifiberry Digi+ Pro mounted on the Pi

Volumio Web Interface hangs after 3-5 minutes and the only way to get it back

is to remove the plug and power it up again. When the Web interface is down i

can SSH the pi and login there without a problem, but the web interface gets

down. This DOESNT happen at all when the Hifiberry Digi+ Pro isn't attaced on

the Pi3.

I also tried RuneAudio just to check if the issue is with Volumio. I had the

same results.

The Digi Pro is detected by RuneAudio and i have no sound output at all, only

from analog and HDMI.

RuneAudio also crashes after few minutes of playback when the Hifiberry Digi+

Pro is attached on the Pi.

My last attempt after changing 3 different PSU different sd cards and trying

Volumio and Runeaudio was to try SD Card images and Raspian with Tone

Generator to check if my hardware was ok.

https://www.hifiberry.com/build/documentation/sd-card-images/

After booting up i had No Tone at all neither from Digital or Optical out on my

Digi+ so i am assuming i have faulty hardware ?

Is there something else to check ?

Been searching the net and forums for solutions the last two days without any

possitive result...

 

 

 

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  Rencewind December 11, 2016 13:58

  Hi,

   

  unfortenuately I can´t help, but I´ve the same problem: HifiBerry digi+ pro and Raspberry 3 with Rune-Audio.

  With a headphone conneted to the Raspberry´s headphone jack, I get musik - I´ve acess to my music-library and can choose songs to play.
  If I switched the rune-settings for the "audio output device" from "Raspberry Pi analog out" to "HiFiBerry Digi (I2S)" , the headphone is switched of, but digital outputs doesnt work; neither the coaxial-output nor the optical output (respectively connected to a Yamaha DSP A595a).

  From other devices with optical output, I know that the optical output flashed red if they´re transmitting data. The optical output of
  the Digi+-board remains dark. The optical inputs of the Yamaha are O.K., they work together with a PlaySation and a BluRay-Player.

  In the config.txt on the sd-card, I switched the Hifiberry on:
  
  # Uncomment one of these lines to enable an audio interface
  #dtoverlay=hifiberry-dac
  #dtoverlay=hifiberry-dacplus
  dtoverlay=hifiberry-digi
  #dtoverlay=hifiberry-amp
  #dtoverlay=iqaudio-dac
  #dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus
  
  I also tried to switch on three switches (in the config.txt)
  concerning the i2c-bus:
  
  dtparam=i2c_arm=on
  dtparam=i2c_vc=on
  dtparam=i2s=on
  #dtparam=spi=on
  #dtparam=act_led_trigger=mmc

  Without success until yet.
  

  From the support, I got the hint to check the result of "the output of "aplay -l"?"

  Sadly, it´s my first project with a Raspberry and I don´t have any experiences in linux, so I have to wait until monday to ask a fellow who knows the Raspberry.

  Rencewind

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  Rencewind December 11, 2016 15:35

  It seems that the digi+ pro isn´t supported in the actual version of rune. Searching at runeaudio.com, I found this article in their forum: klick.

  I think the board is simply too new, they´re working on supporting it. We (If we´re just user without skills in programming) just have to wait a little while. :-)

  Rencewind

   

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  Kostas7GTR December 11, 2016 15:51

  Hello,

  Lets agree that the Digi+ Pro isn't supported in the actual version of runeaudio.

  I guess same happens on Volumio ?

  An if yes then why im not getting any sound at all from the Digi+ pro when i try

  the following images that should give me one tone output to test the hardware ?

  https://www.hifiberry.com/build/documentation/sd-card-images/

  If that image isn't compatible can someone show me a way to test the hardware and be sure it works?

  Then ill have to wait just to get support from Volumio and RuneAudio.

  Im saying this because when the Digi+ Pro is attached on the Pi3 both

  RuneAudio and Volumio web interface hangs after 3-5 minutes when navigating

  through settings even when i have selected ANALOG or HDMI as output and i

  listen to music... I guess thats should't happen if everything was working ok

   

  Edited by Kostas7GTR December 11, 2016 15:54
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  Rencewind December 11, 2016 17:57

  Well, I think that the test-image actual doesn´t support the pro-Version:

  "Test tone for HiFiBerry DAC/DAC+/Digi/Digi+"

  It just test the "normal" and the "+"-version.

  I´ll test if my setup hang up after some minutes, too.

   

  Rencewind

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  Kostas7GTR December 11, 2016 17:59

  I will try this guide on Raspbian and see if i can at least test some sounds to see if my hw is ok.

  https://support.hifiberry.com/hc/en-us/articles/210788909-Digi-Pro-beta-test-update-your-Linux-kernel

   

  Edited by Kostas7GTR December 11, 2016 18:00
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  HiFiBerry team December 11, 2016 19:43

  Hi,

  as far is a know both RuneAudio and Volumio haven't upgraded their kernels for a long time. The distribution need to use a kernel from August 2016 or newer.
  You might try the old Volumio 1 version and upgrade the kernel with rpi-update. I haven't tried this and can't say if it will work.

  Another option is using another distribution like piCorePlayer or Max2Play.

  Best regards,
  Daniel

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  Dom Verity December 12, 2016 01:57

  +1 for piCorePlayer, this only required me to select 'Hifiberry Digi Pro' from the output list in the UI and I was up and running, no tinkering required at all.

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  Rencewind December 12, 2016 20:35

  I´ve created a SD-card with piCorePlayer running and can switch to the digi+ pro (the red led in the TOSLINK-jack is working). :-)

  But it seems that I´ve to run a  in irder to acess my music.

  Actual, I´ve two problems:

  1) My music-files are stored on a NAS and the´re organized by iTunes. With rune, I managed to acess to the iTunes-library. It seems that piCorePlayer requires "Logitech Media Server" (LMS). Does LMS create an own library so that I´ve to care for two librarys (one for iTunes, one for piCorePlayer?

  2) What about the interface to select music? Is there something like the app I found for rune audio?

  Sorry for this (maybe naive) questions, but I´ve not much experience in raspberry, linux und streaming music until yet.

  Rencewind

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  Dom Verity December 12, 2016 21:25

  Yes, you need LMS running somewhere on your network - you can run it on piCorePlayer itself, or on a Windows, Mac or Linux PC. LMS will scan your music folders and create its own library, it shouldn't need taking care of.

  The interface is a web UI, or any number of apps available for smart phones etc, just search the app store for 'squeeze box' and you'll see.

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  Rencewind December 12, 2016 21:58

  O.K., it works - with an adequate app on the tablet (Squeezer) and LMS running on my Diskstation the optical output is working... :-)

   

  But I feel rune audio much easier; DSM is not needed and the handling is easier for me... hope the core is updated soon...

  BTW: is it possible to edit an older entry? There are some "copy-and-paste"-errors and misspelling...

  Rencewind