Client & Server on same machine

[hbert]

Hi, i am thinking of setting up a Rune Audio server based on a raspberry pi in my home.
I wanted to know if it is possible to have the Raspberry running as server and at the same time access the RuneUI via a monitor connected to the Raspberry.
Thanks and greetings from Germany

[cmh714]

My guess thats possible but somewhat defeating of the general purpose for Rune which is to be streamlined for performance.

You would need a desktop environment and a browser in order to do what you ask.

[popov]

Hi

Why ?
Runeaudio is optimized for sound, having client and server on the same RPI ???

[strangerng]

My 5 cents))
You know, the main problem of the pi is power.
Let's be honest, it's really not fast and, as a result, if you'll install both server part (RuneUI+mpd) with the client (X-server I guess and some web browser) it will work somehow, but you'll lose all the benefits of high quality sound of rune audio. Besides browser will respond rather slowly.
So, IMHO, it's not the way it should be done.
I'm using rune audio on pi in a similar way, but...
I have connected screen to the pi with rune audio and also installed Ir receiver.
But I'm using ncmpc as an UI client on that screen.
No X, just fbterm.
This configuration doesn't affect sound and rather usable.

[jnfindley]

I have not bought one yet, but I'd like to try this on a Raspberry Pi 2. I would think with the extra RAM and the quad-core processor on the Pi2 that this would should be possible without degrading the audio quality. I'd like to attach the Pi to my TV via HDMI, and have the TV display the currently playing song and album art. I would still control the queue through the web browser of a network attached device (iPhone, tablet, etc.). My TV is already attached to my receiver via an optical digital output, so this setup would not require an additional sound card to send digital audio to the receiver.

[TJH]

Hi jnfindley

Have you tried server and player on the Pi 2 yet? I'd like to know how it goes.

[holymoly]

[nicosalto]

Hi Holymoly,
iam really curious on what you have done there, and wish to do the same thing.
Did you found a solution for the icu issue at the end ?

[benkit]

Hi Holymoly,
Yes,I'm also looking for this solution. Server and client are running on the same Ras PI 2 and touch screen is able that would be perfected music player like a charm .

Thank you for your sharing
BK

[JB314]

Hi @holymoly,
I got the same issue when Redis service is not available (after a pacman -Syu for example )
You can try to manually start rune_SY_wrk or rune_PL_wrk script (under /var/www/command/), it should display some useful error.
If you have something like "Redis went away", that's mean the redis service is not correctly started.
So you can check the service file usr/lib/systemd/system/redis.service if it looks like this one : https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RuneA ... is.service
And you can also check if the user "redis" can write into folders /tmp and /run/redis/
After that you can restart the redis service, check if the file /tmp/redis.sock and /run/redis/redis.pid are present
Finally reboot the Rpi or restart the services php-fpm.service and rune_PL_wrk.service.