Raspberry Pi Model 4

[bnilsson]

Hi!

Are there any immediate plans to update RuneAdio for Raspberry Pi Model 4?
The hifiberry site states that we need updated software to support the new cpu.

bnilsson

[janui]

[bnilsson]

That's great news, I will be excited to try it out once it is ready!

BN

[bnilsson]

Have you made any progress on the RP4 project?

BN

[janui]

[Makla]

Hi.
I would like to check how progress is going to support Raspberry PI 4? Is it still on roadmap for January. Is there any GitHub issue/merge request I can follow?

[AndyF]

An image for RPi4 s available from rern:
runeaudio-r-e1-an-improved-version-of-runeaudio-t6883.html

Regards, Andy

[bnilsson]

Andy,

I got a RP4 box and loaded the R-e2 image for RP4.
I must say it is working very, very well.
The R-e2 seems to be more cpu-heavy internally than the previous/standard version, since I got a LOT more USB dropouts to my Cambridge DACMagic Plus using my old RP3 when I used the R-e2 image. It was almost unbearable.
When I changed to the RP4, I hear nothing of this, even at 192kHz sampling. Everything is better, voices, strings smoothness, soundstage, etc.
I guess it must be the dedicated USB controller chip on the RP4?

The extra heat is not a problem since my RP4 case has a heatsink cold finger pressing to the CPU surface.
However, I can see a problem if you want to add a DAC or Digi card using the I2S contact, then the CPU cooling will be much more tricky.

Anyway, I am very happy with the result for now.

[yathome]

Hi bnilsson,

What case are you using for your RP4? Are you connecting to your DAC via USB directly?
Was wondering if there is a need for something like an Audioquest Jitterbug or one of the iFi's products.

thanks

[hessercan]

Any update on this? I would love to try this out on my Pi 4. I don't want to have to return it for a Pi 3.