HiFi Berry OS on RPi 1 Model B + HiFiBerry DAC

Looking at how difficult is nowadays to get a new RPi at a decent price, I was looking for an option to re-use and upgrade my three older streamers built with RPi 1 B and HiFi Berry DACs (yes, I was an early adopter/customer) , i.e. to install HiFiBerry OS on them. They used to run piCorePlayer, and thus I cannot stream HiRes quality from online services and I cannot play multiroom due to software limitations (no Tidal, no Airplay2).

I have tried to deploy the HiFi Berry OS image for the RPi 0W, but it won't boot at all. Then I have tried the image for RPi 2 - same. Just for info, I have installed moode player and it works; I do have Airplay2 for multiroom parties, but still no Tidal...

Any hints or suggestions how to make the HiFiBerryOS on RPi 1 B with HiFiBerry DAC ?

Thanks!

HiFiBerry team October 13, 2022 10:07

I'm sorry, there is no version for the Pi1. And probably it won't be powerful enough to run Tidal at all. I remember that one user built a Pi1 version from the sources, but he had to disable some stuff to get it running at all.

We still have bundles with the Pi4 on stock, but we don't sell the Pi4 standalone.
https://www.hifiberry.com/blog/raspberry-pi-availability/

To re-use the Pi1, it's probably best to use Raspbian Lite and install the minimal software that you need.

Sergiu Burian October 13, 2022 10:46

Thank you!

HiFi Berry OS on RPi 1 Model B + HiFiBerry DAC

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