PLEXAMP FOR RASPBERRY PI INSTALL

I got an error during the first Plexamp install and start $ node /home/xxx/plexamp/js/index.js When starting Plexamp (4.3.0), I get this: ( sudo systemctl enable rvice & sudo systemctl restart rvice) Rebooting the RPi a second time sometimes also helps (or restarting/veirfying the PlexAmp service), this of course will only help if correct audio device is already chosen. Go into the plexamp settings (via the web UI) and select the right audio output device. This is the case for all file types tried. However the moment I select a song to play, it either keeps loading forever (black screen with loading circle) or it flips back to the album overview without starting the selected song.

PLEXAMP FOR RASPBERRY PI UPGRADE

If there is a new version, and script has been updated, you can upgrade by re-running the script, and reboot.įor hostname-change, please make sure to reboot in-between, or you might face issues. The script can be re-run to fix configuration/setup errors, just say no/bypass the sections you do not want to re-run! Now play some music! Or control it from any other instance of Plexamp. Now the card will show up in the list, and you can choose it! NOTE!!! DietPi is best-effort, and might not work.Īfter SSH-ing to the SBC, on the 'Raspberry Pi OS', change to root ( sudo -i) and run script with:īash > Playback > Audio output > Audio Device.Īs an example, if you have chosen the “ Digi/Digi+“ option during install in the script, pick “Default” if the card is not showing, then reboot the pi. SSH access on 'DietPi OS' as user: dietpi/dietpi and as root: root/dietpi

Once done, unmount and insert card into Raspberry Pi and boot it. Put the SD card you'll use with your Raspberry Pi into the reader and run Raspberry Pi Imager. Raspberry Pi Imager is the quick and easy way to install Raspberry Pi OS and other operating systems to a microSD card, ready to use with your Raspberry Pi.ĭownload and install Raspberry Pi Imager to a computer with an SD card reader. Now there should be audio! Install Raspberry Pi OS using Raspberry Pi Imager. If your card is not detected after upgrade & reboot (no audio) ('aplay -l' to check), please do hard reboot, and re-select the card via web-GUI. If you're curious of my set up, just send me a DM and I'll give you more details.PlexAmp-installer for Raspberry Pi with ARMv8, 64-bit HW.įor more information and hardware used, see here:Īssumes 64-bit capable Raspberry Pi HW and Raspberry Pi OS that is 64-bit.Ĭurrently installs/upgrades to: NodeJS v16 and Plexamp-Linux-headless-'see version in git comment'. It's not the most elegant solution but it always works well, and pushes the problem of multiroom to the google devices, which seems to be a solved problem for Google. Since I already had a bunch of google devices I didn't want to part with (including a chromecast audio and a home max), what I do is run a separate LMS/Squeezebox instance that I use for casting anything I know I want gapless playback for. You won't get any song metadata on the device, or the ability to switch songs (you can pause but that's it), because the device only sees it as a direct stream of some audio source (like casting your Phone's audio), not as a song or an album. However, there are some music servers (not plexamp) that can cast a seamless bit-perfect PCM stream to google devices. My understanding is there's a chromecast api issue that makes gapless playback incompatible with the way Plexamp casts audio.

PLEXAMP FOR RASPBERRY PI FULL

I run Plexamp for essentially everything except casting full albums to google speakers/chromecast audio because plexamp doesn't support a gapless playback to google devices.

Plexamp for raspberry pi