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Hi Nige

There is no simple step-by-step for this. I cobbled together from all over the place.

Use the latest Debian Bone Wheezy from the Beaglebone Community pages.

Use the I2S driver and installation process from here: http://bbb.ieero.com

Use the Squeezelite installation process from here: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/blogs ... elite-452/

Fanny about until you either a) want to kill everyone who has ever seemed to be associated with this project or b) make sound come out!

It isn't actually that tortuous, but it is all very beta.

The RPi just worked. I have had issues with getting anything attached to the BBB to respond - USB drive, Wifi dongle, powered hub, HDMI monitor. All problematic one way or another.

Have a calming beer on hand and put sharp or heavy objects out of reach before starting

Otherwise - enjoy!

Mark

mark got as far as this everything seemed ok so far
but when i put in this command it says ive no permission

echo BB-BONE-BOTIC1 > /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.*/slots

another thing that crossed my mind was that im using the pcm5102 dac chip not the ess 90**, wonder would that need to be listed/changed in the driver?

Jeez, does anyone feel that the title of this thread is ironic?

nige2000 wrote:mark got as far as this everything seemed ok so far
but when i put in this command it says ive no permission

echo BB-BONE-BOTIC1 > /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.*/slots

another thing that crossed my mind was that im using the pcm5102 dac chip not the ess 90**, wonder would that need to be listed/changed in the driver?

Are you logged in as Root? Not sure if you need to be, but I generally do and haven't seen a permissions issue.

I don't see how the actual dac type can make a difference. The streaming device only knows to issue the I2S on the nominated pins, the dac is either I2S compliant or not. As long as it has its own master clock, you should be good to go. There is no handshake between dac and streamer.

Mark

OK
I'm logged in as Debian and temppwd
Should it be something else

I suppose I should be ask goggle more than ask mark

Thanks
Nige

jkeny wrote:Jeez, does anyone feel that the title of this thread is ironic?

Unbelievable, John, but people takes you seriously! :)))))

sima66 wrote:

jkeny wrote:Jeez, does anyone feel that the title of this thread is ironic?

Unbelievable, John, but people takes you seriously! :)))))

I haven't seen anything to disprove that computer audio is the work of the devil

sima66 wrote:

jkeny wrote:Jeez, does anyone feel that the title of this thread is ironic?

Unbelievable, John, but people takes you seriously! :)))))

Notice how I lit the touchpaper & ran :)

sbgk wrote: I haven't seen anything to disprove that computer audio is the work of the devil

You said it brother!!

jkeny wrote:
Notice how I lit the touchpaper & ran :)

yep that wasn't lost on me

if it was easy id probably wouldn't be at it

nige2000 wrote:OK
I'm logged in as Debian and temppwd
Should it be something else

I suppose I should be ask goggle more than ask mark

Thanks
Nige

Hi Nige

Yeah, I am crap support - know nothing, not around a lot!

I would log in as Root, otherwise you end up typing "sudo" a lot! (Which is maybe why I am no one's sys admin!)

Enjoy the rash as it spreads across your forehead from the repeated banging against the wall...

My BBB will mostly play 44/1k and 48k files without issue, but occasionally there is a loss of lock on the Buffalo leading to minor dropouts. If I try hi res files though it happens frequently. The view seems to be that the BBB isn't producing a stable bit clock, at least not within the tight limits set by the Buffalo DPLL.

For listening purposes I shall be returning to the Pi until there is a solution to the dropout issue, but at least the BBB is shown to work and it does actually sound very good.

Mark