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HiFiBerryOS with Topping E30 USB

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November 16, 2020 18:18

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Hi team,

 

I am running HiFiBerryOS on Pi 4 with an USB Topping E30.

I am looking for a method of setting the USB Topping E30 soundcard to the default soundcard (so it persists after Pi 4 reboots). 

How can I "hard wire" the HiFiBerryOS setup to the USB card?

 

I tried:

1. changing the /asound.conf to card 1 instead of card 0, but this reverts after reboot.

2. changed /boot/config.txt to "dtoverlay=E30" but this gets overwritten after boot with an additional line of "dtoverlay=hifiberry-dac".

--- snip ---

# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: sndrpihifiberry [snd_rpi_hifiberry_dac], device 0: HifiBerry DAC HiFi pcm5102a-hifi-0 [HifiBerry DAC HiFi pcm5102a-hifi-0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: E30 [E30], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

--- snip ---

 

Thanks a lot!
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  David C. Snyder November 16, 2020 18:22

  AFAIK, only HiFiBerry DACs are officially supported by HiFiBerryOS. If you want to use your Topping E30 with a Raspberry Pi 4, the best option is VitOS + Roon.

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  fb November 16, 2020 18:28

  Thanks so much, David! 

  Fair point - if it is not supported, I cannot expect great results. :)

  What bothers me is that the setup works like a charm - the only effort is to set the USB sound after every reboot...

  Will evaluate your stated option - would love to stay with HiFiBerryOS though as I like it a lot.

  Thanks,

  fb

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  David C. Snyder November 16, 2020 18:31

  Sure. If you're looking for sound quality that's comparable to the Topping E30 but want to stay with HiFiBerryOS, I'd suggest the HiFiBerry DAC2 HD. It's one of the better sounding DACs that I own.

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  fb November 16, 2020 18:35

  Totally agree and can second that - have another Pi 4 with DAC 2 HD running as well. :)

  So if there would be any possibility to hard wire the (unsupported) setup I would be happy. If there isn't, I will check further with VitOS or see on how to automate the asound.conf changes after reboot. 

  
  Thanks for your support, David! Very much appreciated.
  fb

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  David C. Snyder November 16, 2020 19:03

  What are you using for your music server? Roon, or something else?

  Glad to meet another DAC2 HD fan.  :)

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  fb November 16, 2020 20:36

  Currently, I am using the HiFiBerryOS defaults only. So USB stick with FLAC/WAVE/MP3 etc. and Spotify Connect / AirPlay. In the future I am thinking of a multiroom setup with Roon, hence the two RaspBerries. But I will have to understand on how to configure Roon (Bridge, I assume) with HifiBerryOS. :)

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  David C. Snyder November 16, 2020 20:37

  There's no configuration required for Roon Bridge with HiFiBerryOS. It just works.  :)

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  fb November 16, 2020 20:39

  That's great news! :D I will try it - thank you very much, David. Your answer makes my day. :)

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  fb November 16, 2020 21:00

  Hijacking the thread a bit - but just to make sure: beside the 2 RaspBerries with Roon Bridge enabled I will still need a Roon Server, right? Or can I run the Roon Server also on Pi 4 / HifiBerryOS? 

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  David C. Snyder November 16, 2020 21:06

  Roon Labs does not offer an ARM build of Roon Server, so you'll need a computer somewhere to run it. Any reasonably modern computer with SSD storage will do. Here's a link that describes how to set up Windows to run Roon Server in the background.

  https://help.roonlabs.com/portal/en/kb/articles/configuring-windows-to-log-in-automatically-for-headless-servers

  When you set it up this way, Roon Server just tucks itself away in the system tray, so you hardly know it's there.

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  fb November 16, 2020 21:21

  Perfect, thanks so much, David! :)