rwnano
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Wanted to talk about this plan...how does one make an wiim equivalent device via Linux?
Mbhanghui sir please help ..
Thank you!
Mbhanghui sir please help ..
Thank you!
If you are game, we can do it step by step. Get a RaspberryPI and I will tell you how to set it up. What you will getWanted to talk about this plan...how does one make an wiim equivalent device via Linux?
Mbhanghui sir please help ..
Thank you!
mpd has tidal and qobuz integration. So that is not an issue. Even without mpd, it is possible, though I have not tried this because I don't use any 3rd party distributions built on old Raspberry PI os like volumio, dietpi, etcRaspberry pi with open source software and a hat gets you most of the way there. The big issue would be Tidal and Qobuz integration
Raspberry pi...I have one...used to deploy them as iot devices earlierIf you are game, we can do it step by step. Get a RaspberryPI and I will tell you how to set it up. What you will get
1. spotify
2. Airplay
3. mpd (to play local content, qobuz and tidal). Tidal is anyway a lossy farce so you may want to ignore that and save money there
What you will not get
1. Ability to do google cast. So you can't natively do YT music, but If you have a macbook or an IOS device, you can stream YTmusic through airplay.
2. Since this is linux, you cannot have apple music. But If you have an andriod, IOS, or macbook, you can use airplay
Ubuntu has created a nightmare using their snap store. Ubuntu wants to control you like googly, m$soft and force you to use their appstore. And that is evil. Anything from snap crashes frequently including firefox. Almost everything comes through the snap store. One big reason I stay away from Ubuntu. My desktop of choice for the last 21 years has been Fedora. Archlinux and openSUSE tumbleweed are equally good.Raspberry pi...I have one...used to deploy them as iot devices earlier
Am familiar with raspbian and using a raspberry pi flashing SD cards and all.
However. I have a macbook Pro running Ubuntu running Spotify GUI.
Tell me on that...one issue I have been having is that Spotify GUI on Ubuntu is sometimes crashing...like once in two weeks.
Is there a way I can have better uptime?
Also....you have introduced me to music player daemon and cantata. But I haven't used it much...
Spotify using apt get and update repository etc? How?Ubuntu has created a nightmare using their snap store. Ubuntu wants to control you like googly, m$soft and force you to use their appstore. And that is evil. Anything from snap crashes frequently including firefox. Almost everything comes through the snap store. One big reason I stay away from Ubuntu. My desktop of choice for the last 21 years has been Fedora. Archlinux and openSUSE tumbleweed are equally good.
Spotify doesn't have any open source binary. Not sure what you have installed.Spotify using apt get and update repository etc? How?
Will find out and confirmSpotify doesn't have any open source binary. Not sure what you have installed.
You must have installed it from the ubuntu gui for software. It will install it from it's snap store. I have been using spotify connect on all my raspberry PIs and my Linux laptops. It uses open source project named librespot on github. Till date it has never crashed.Will find out and confirm
If you need DSD capability, I suggest you get any USB dac with DSD capability. The toppings DACs are excellent and will cost you around 10k or so. The Raspberry PI will cost you Rs 4000 or so (I haven't checked the prices lately). If you have a Linux laptop, that too can be used and will be better than RPI because of a large integrated display.
Excellent. That will work with RPI or any linux distribution without installing any drivers.
I possess a topping d10s DAC which has DSD facility.
Yes it is already working on the Ubuntu Linux apple macbook without any special drivers....wanted to understand how to make use of the DSD facility? By using mpd?Excellent. That will work with RPI or any linux distribution without installing any drivers.
When I went back to Linux 2+ years ago I nearly went back to Windows because of snaps. I was once again a beginner and one of the first words that I pronounced into my first Linux sessions were "F*ck, I swear the most amateur and shady Windows app installers gave me less problems than this."
I later learned they were snaps. Purged snapd and reinstalled everything that was gone through apt: boom, my computer was fast and functional again. Thankfully, Snaps were an exception and not a sign of things to come. If Snap was the standard, I wouldn't be here.
Out of a more recent experience, they still haven't improved. 100% CPU usage to launch Spotify snap is too much dude.
(Random bit of insight: when a complete non-technical beginner who is not interested in the system internals learns the name of a system internal, we failed. It means they had a blocking problem with something and they were forced to Google solutions for it. That was snaps for me, had they worked properly it wouldn't have taken me 20 minutes from first boot to learning what they were called to remove them, I would have gone months not knowing the difference. Snaps fail at this spectacularly.)
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Let me get rid of Spotify GUI on Ubuntu and install librespot from here and report back.You must have installed it from the ubuntu gui for software. It will install it from it's snap store. I have been using spotify connect on all my raspberry PIs and my Linux laptops. It uses open source project named librespot on github. Till date it has never crashed.
You can take advantage of DSD if you have SACD disks. If you don't have, then be resourceful (you know what I mean). But IMHO, If you have CDs, rip them to convert them to flac. flacon is one such software. Don't be so anal about formats. I have MP3 that sound better than flacs (especially Hindustani Classical). It all depends on the source material.Yes it is already working on the Ubuntu Linux apple macbook without any special drivers....wanted to understand how to make use of the DSD facility? By using mpd?
I think one will have to possess FLAC s and DSD files
Easiest way to install librespot is to install raspotify. Google it and you will get it.Let me get rid of Spotify GUI on Ubuntu and install librespot from here and report back.
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GitHub - librespot-org/librespot: Open Source Spotify client library
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Sir I'll describe my chain right now:You can take advantage of DSD if you have SACD disks. If you don't have, then be resourceful (you know what I mean). But IMHO, If you have CDs, rip them to convert them to flac. flacon is one such software. Don't be so anal about formats. I have MP3 that sound better than flacs (especially Hindustani Classical). It all depends on the source material.
Wasn't able to find a good solid method of installing raspotify on Ubuntu Linux though...Easiest way to install librespot is to install raspotify. Google it and you will get it.