RuneAudio+R e5

[rern]

[cmh714]

So did another fresh install....basically this is where the UI went south on me:
I installed, updated, configured etc. with lots of reboots and all good. I imported some webradio stations and played them,and still all good. Then went to Save the current playlist and still seemed OK.....then went to change the Play UI settings and then I lost the UI.....hth

[dmitrich]

Hello! Thank you, *rern*, you are doing a great work! But I have a small question to you. Are you planning support for a new Hifiberry product called "Hifiberry DAC2 HD"? Here is link -
It's supported by the linux kernel from 4.19.97 and use dtoverlay=hifiberry-dacplushd in config.txt but I can't see it on the device list in runeaudio settings.
Thank you!

[R101]

Hi rern,

Pi4B with e5 image:

After following your instructions, it seems the problem I have with no embedded cover art from the radio streams is related to the wifi interface. If I use the on-board wifi, which selects wlan0, I get the cover art. If I use a dongle, which selects wlp1s0u1u1, there is no cover art but audio and embedded text work OK.

Unfortunately, the on-board wifi does not work reliably for me in the Pi's normal location, and a dongle does.

This problem did not occur with the final version of e4 on the Pi4, using the wlp1s0u1u1 interface. A Pi3 running e5 seems to allocate wlan0 to the dongle when on-board wifi is disabled, so it works, but I get problems with the bottleneck at the USB ports.

[RolandBlaze]

[Ears of Tin]

Rune +R e5 works great for me. Kicked off the download, walked to the store for a fresh SD card, imaged the new card and booted in my Rpi3B with HifiBerry DAC+. Easy network connection because I followed the suggestion to edit the boot wifi0 file.

Mounted my local NAS, played files from it, made and saved a playlist. Added a web radio station. That’s the limit of how I use a music server and everything worked.

A few comments: when building the library keep your hands off till Rune is done. Rune is faster and sturdier than Volumio during this process but bad UI behavior will often result until it finishes. My suggestion is to attach a small sample directory, then configure and test before adding your entire library. Regarding the library display I will remove most of the categories. I am not a tagger and I play exclusively from files. Speaking only for myself its a waste to build these indexes. Wish I could turn it off.

Now some lightly negative feedback. I am a big fan of Rune. I also use Volumio and Moode but Rune is always on my main system. Frequently a newbie asks what distribution they should use. I recommend Rune v0.5 (which met all my needs very well) but isn’t compatible with the Rpi4 they just unwrapped. Or maybe they looked at the website on their own and ran away when they saw the latest official download is v0.3-beta (29/10/2014). If I say give Rune+Re(n) a try, they say too beta for me – look at all those techie problems in the comments!

I think Rune is the best product of the three. But it’s invisible to the market. The new Rune +R is working well – it’s time to put it in the front window of the store!

Now I’m off to hit the tip jar. Thanks for the great work.

[cmh714]

[rern]

[klassikmann]

[R101]