Hello,
Im using a beocreate 4 channel since early 2020 and its working great.
However, I just tried to plugin the sound of my tv in the spdif/toslink input and I have no sound.
Is there a configuration somewhere to enable spdif input?
Note:
*I'm not using hifiberry os, but I could boot it up and change a settings if its a one time thing
*I havent updated anything since I set it up 2 years ago
Thanks
You never deployed any DSP profile?
From what I remember, no, I let the default one.
But I use dsptoolkit for really basic changes (volume change)
Ok, in this case, I recommend to boot HiFiBerryOS and install the Beocreate default profile. You can already test in HiFiBerryOS that it's working.
Ok, I'll try that this week end.
I actually booted hifiberry OS when I received the board to check that it was working, but I have no idea if I changed the profile.
I'll post here with my results
Ok, so I had actually installed the beocreate default profile (I remembered when doing it again).
Tried again to put the sound from the TV, still nothing.
1. Can I check somewhere if a signal is detected or something?
2. I think the TV output is dolby, and not pcm
Have you enabled TOSLink in the settings?
If your TV is outputting Dolby, you won't hear anything. Only PCM is supported.
Have you enabled TOSLink in the settings?
=> TV settings, yes.
=> hifiberry board, no, I havent found any settings related to it (except volume limit)
Im going to check the information about my specific tv, if i can force pcm
It should be listed under "Sources". Did you enable it there?
(I've found a way to force pcm output on my tv, so its not that)
And I dont see TOSLink in the sources: (theres nothing in disabled sources)
What's show as the sound card in the Debug data (under "General")?
If it corectly list the Beocreate, you can try creating a file /etc/hifiberry/toslink.feature and reboot.
So its the correct sound card.
I created the file you said, and now under sources I have:
For info, I have these files:
# pwd
/etc/hifiberry
# ls
localui.feature toslink.feature
Hmm, strange. You did reboot? There is some sources.json file under /etc/beocreate. You might try deleting this and reboot.
If this still doesn't work, try the following
rm /etc/hifiberry.state
/opt/hifiberry/bin/reconfigure-players
Removing sources.json file had no effect.
The exact same file is here after the reboot
Results of running the other commands:
# rm /etc/hifiberry.state
# /opt/hifiberry/bin/reconfigure-players
/etc/hifiberry /etc/beocreate
/etc/beocreate
Sound card settings have been changed, reconfiguring...
Applying settings:
Players: (was )
Raspberry Pi model: 3B
System name: Beocreate (was )
Sound card: Beocreate 4-Channel Amplifier (was )
Interrupt pin for power controller: 1 (was )
DSP type: Beocreate 4-Channel Amplifier (was )
HW device: card 0 (was )
ALSA mixer control: DSPVolume (was )
Recording: (was )
Vendor/product (was )
Features: pi pi3orlater arm7 dsp localui toslink (was )
Saving settings to /etc/hifiberry.state
Reconfigure features
Reconfiguring Spotifyd
updated mixer
updated system name
Restarting spotify
Reconfiguring Vollibrespot
updated mixer
updated system name
updated mixer-card
Restarting spotify
Reconfiguring Shairport-sync
updated mixer
updated system name
Restarting shairport-sync
Reconfiguring Bluetooth
updated system name
updated mixer
Reconfiguring squeezelite
updated system name
Reconfiguring MPD
Restarting mpd
updated mixer
Reconfiguring DLNA
Reconfigure AudioControl2
updated mixer
updated interrupt pin
Restarting audiocontrol2
Reconfigure upmpdcli
updated system name
Reconfigure RAAT
Configuring RAAT server for UUID fd4fd89a-9597-4f7b-ab7d-fd1a7cdd443a on DAC+ (snd_rpi_hifiberry_dac)
Reconfiguring Beocreate software
Value could not be interpreted as JSON, falling back to old method.
Settings updated for 'system'.
updated card type
Value could not be interpreted as JSON, falling back to old method.
Settings updated for 'sound'.
updated mixer
["pi","pi3orlater","arm7","dsp","localui","toslink"]
Settings updated for 'system'.
Value could not be interpreted as JSON, falling back to old method.
Settings updated for 'system'.
Restarting beocreate2
restarting Beocreate
Reconfiguring avahi
Failed to create host name resolver: The requested operation is invalid because redundant
Optical input is now here!
It works, I have the sound from my TV
Bonus question:
Do I need to save settings somewhere? so that optical input stays enabled when I turn it off and no (and change OS)
We didn't really test this standalone without HiFiBerryOS, but I think it should work.
So, turning it off and putting a new sd card with a different OS, it doesnt work anymore :(
Do you have any idea how I could enable it from a standard linux?
Edit:
On another note, since you made me run the full reconfigure, it doesnt connect to my wifi anymore.
I can only access it by connecting to its wifi and http://hifiberry.local
I've tried to reboot, re-enter the password, same results, but it doesnt really matter if we can get toslink input to work on another OS
What different OS did you use? It might be some other stuff causing this.
I have tried with moode (6.7.1), I also have a retropie i can easily test with
Edit: tried retropie, it doesnt work
In this case, you have to install dsptoolkit to change the settings on the DSP directly after booting the system:
https://github.com/hifiberry/hifiberry-dsp
I already have dsptooltkit on both OS, but I didnt find a settings related to TOSLink in the documentation. Do you know how to do it?
Ok, first find the SPDIF register on the DSP profile your'e using:
To do you this, you must have the profile installed on your current distribution using dsptoolkit install-profile. Otherwise you won't get any meta data
It's working on Moode, I haven't tried on retropie, but theres no reason it does not work
Thanks for your help/time!
Hello
Similar problem for me. Since a recent full reinstall of HifiBerryOS 20220826 on my RPi + Beocreate (with nothing else, default DSP profile), I did not see the Optical Input anymore in the source list (neither enabled, nor disabled).
I did all what was proposed above:
# ls
beo-dsp-programs channels.json sources.json
beo-extensions equaliser.json sources.json.orig
beo-listening-modes network.json speaker-preset.json
beo-product-identities privacy.json system.json
beo-product-images product-information.json system.json.orig
beo-room-compensation setup.json ui.json
beo-speaker-presets sound.json
beosonic.json sound.json.orig# rm sources.json
# rm /etc/hifiberry.state
# /opt/hifiberry/bin/reconfigure-players
/etc/hifiberry /etc/beocreate
/etc/beocreate
Sound card settings have been changed, reconfiguring...
Applying settings:
Players: (was )
Raspberry Pi model: 3B+
System name: Salon (was )
Sound card: Beocreate 4-Channel Amplifier (was )
Interrupt pin for power controller: 1 (was )
DSP type: Beocreate 4-Channel Amplifier (was )
HW device: card 0 (was )
ALSA mixer control: DSPVolume (was )
Recording: (was )
Vendor/product (was )
Features: pi bluetooth pi3orlater arm7 dsp localui toslink (was )Saving settings to /etc/hifiberry.state
Reconfigure features
Reconfiguring Spotifyd
updated mixer
updated system name
Restarting spotify
Reconfiguring Vollibrespot
updated mixer
updated system name
updated mixer-card
Restarting spotify
Reconfiguring Shairport-sync
updated mixer
updated system name
Restarting shairport-sync
Reconfiguring Bluetooth
updated system name
updated mixer
Restarting bluetooth.service
Reconfiguring squeezelite
Restarting squeezelite
updated system name
Reconfiguring MPD
Restarting mpd
updated mixer
Reconfiguring DLNA
Reconfigure AudioControl2
updated mixer
updated interrupt pin
Restarting audiocontrol2
Reconfigure upmpdcli
updated system name
Reconfigure RAAT
Configuring RAAT server for UUID 2735d864-46f9-4d72-ba9b-1ab56225e541 on DAC+ (snd_rpi_hifiberry_dac)
Reconfiguring Beocreate software
Value could not be interpreted as JSON, falling back to old method.
Settings updated for 'system'.
updated card type
Value could not be interpreted as JSON, falling back to old method.
Settings updated for 'sound'.
updated mixer
["pi","bluetooth","pi3orlater","arm7","dsp","localui","toslink"]
Settings updated for 'system'.
Value could not be interpreted as JSON, falling back to old method.
Settings updated for 'system'.
Restarting beocreate2
restarting Beocreate
Reconfiguring avahi
Failed to create host name resolver: The requested operation is invalid because redundant
It made Optical Input appear again, but isn't it something wrong with this new release?
Yes, this is a bug that we will hopefully fix correctly in the next release.
Great! 👌
Hi
The following issue may be related with the one described (and temporarily solved) above.
When I turn off the "Auto-stop other Sources" option of the Optical input, it is reverted to the status "ON" each time the system is restarted. Is there a way to freeze more efficiently this option in its OFF status ?
Hello
Is there a way to solve this issue of the "Auto-stop other sources" feature reverting to ON each time the system boots up?
Today this is not possible. You can create a feature request here:
https://github.com/hifiberry/hifiberry-os/issues/new/choose