by sduck » 25 Mar 2017, 03:11
Well, the hardware problem reappeared. Same symptoms - everything just fine until a file starts playing, then locked up.
I tried disassembling and reassembling again, no luck this time. However I suspect my hifiberry DAC+ pro may be hosed or something.
I'd like to try using just the audio out of the RPi to see if it works, but can't get it to make a sound. Everything looks right - I select Raspberry Pi Analog Out in the MPD settings, I have a working plug running into headphone jack, I can start files playing, but I get nothing. The clock doesn't even start running on the counter - it seems to know there's some kind of problem. I'm probably doing something stupid - any idea what it is?
Edit: that was easy - switching the output to HDMI and it works. Seems a bit non-obvious, but there it is. And everything is working fine with no hifiberry attached, so that's most likely the problem.
Another Edit: Argh - examining the hifiberry with a magnifying glass, found a short between pins 9 and 10 on the PCM5122. Down to the soldering station to fix that...
Yet another edit - it's not a short, its a trace on the pcb, it's supposed to be there. I checked the datasheet, Must be something else. I'll probably just buy another one or something else.