Post on Head-Fi

[silvrr]

I've seen a bit of discussion about setups with RuneAudio, Volumio, etc. on a forum I visit, Head-Fi. However, I think the perceived complexity turns a lot of people off. I put together a post with a short review and step by step setup instructions to try and show how easy it is to setup. I would appreciate any feedback anyone has, especially on the instructions..

http://www.head-fi.org/t/795895/a-70-bi ... t_12279030

[ACX]

Hi silvrr, well done! This is a great way to help the project. I personally wrote long ago, but your post is more detailed and probably more inviting, expecially for the Head-Fi folks. Thank you for that!

[PeteB]

Great job on the instructions.

I think you are correct, a lot of people are turned off by the Raspberry as an audio player. Your thread should help.

I have have been using the HifiBerry DIGI+ board with SPDIF (or optical cable) output to a DAC/headphone amp as well as the HiFiBerry DAC+ with conventional RCA connectors/cables to an audio amp. Both h/w combinations work very well with Rune.

Comments on the Head-Fi thread:

You do not actually need a 2A power supply, at least not for a dedicated music player.

Most people take the 2A requirement for granted, but the Pi is quite happy with an old 5V-1A supply, as long as there is a good cable with a low voltage drop. I measure around 400mA continuous, 600mA peak on startup, with the Edimax WiFi dongle, and a Sandisk flash drive in a second USB port.

If you are on Linux, you do not need to use ethernet for setup. I found I could do everything while the SDHC card was still in the Linux machine after flashing the card with the Rune Audio image.

After flashing the card, I created a new wlan0 file in /etc/netctl. This is simpler than it sounds. I copied one and inserted my SSID and password, then I saved it as /etc/netctl/wlan0. I also made a couple other manual configuration changes for the HiFiBerry cards, plugged the SDHC card into a Pi2 with the DIGI+ installed, and flipped the switch... done.

[silvrr]