🐛 | RPi-Jukebox and Pirate Audio do not work together

[kkmichi]

as it may not be a bug, please feel free to relabel the issue - i am not sure how to label it...

Bug

Hello, I try to get a Jukebox for kids working with Raspberry Zero WH, onoff-Shim and Pirate Audio 3W DAC. After many attempts, including manual configuration of /etc/mpd.conf, /etc/asound.conf, etc. I do not get it working. The RPi-Jukebox/Phoniebox does not seem to work together with Pirate Audio DAC (audio, display and buttons). I tried many different things (always with new, clean install), but for the description below I tried to follow the "basic" attempt. What else can I do? (for information, I also open this issue at pirate audio - pimoroni/pirate-audio#52). I am a longtime Linux user with basic knowledge as user, but without deeper knowledge or even programming experience.

What I did

1. fresh install of raspbian lite (Samsung SD)
2. edit of /boot/config.txt:

• config_hdmi_boost=4
• #dtparam=audio=on
• dtoverlay=hifiberry-dac
• dtparam=spi=on
• gpio=25=op,dh

3. create file /boot/wpa_supplicant.conf for Wlan-connection
4. create empty file /boot/ssh
5. because of error messages: input sudo dpkg-reconfigure locale and export LC_ALL=C
6. insert static IP configuration in /etc/dhcpcd.conf
7. sudo apt update and sudo apt full-upgrade
8. set up onoff Shim: curl https://get.pimoroni.com/onoffshim | bash
9. reboot
10. Set up of RPi-Jukebox cd; rm buster-install-*; wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MiczFlor/RPi-Jukebox-RFID/develop/scripts/installscripts/buster-install-default.sh; chmod +x buster-install-default.sh; GIT_BRANCH=develop bash ./buster-install-default.sh with following selection:

• WiFi: no
• iFace: No, Master
• Spotify: no
• MPD: yes
• Defalut location: yes
• GPIO-Control: yes
• last part of output:
  Configuring MPD...
  Updating DB (Shopping list #2) ...
  volume: n/a repeat: off random: off single: off consume: off
  Starting dhcpcd service...
  Synchronizing state of dhcpcd.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
  Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable dhcpcd
  Setting owner and permissions for directories...
  amixer: Cannot find the given element from control default
• select RFID-Reader: yes (1, Neuftech USB)

11. reboot
12. Set up of Pirate Audio:

• sudo raspi-config nonint do_spi 0
• git clone https://github.com/pimoroni/pirate-audio
• cd pirate-audio/mopidy
• sudo ./install.sh

13. reboot

What happened

• after I have proceeded as described above and reeboot, the pi started, including display. The display shows "Visit http://192.168.178.66:6680 to select content". The volume down button reduces the volume bar in the display, the other buttons give no feedback in display. Pushing the volume button has no impact on Volume status in phoniebox web interface and vice versa.
• upload of Song with Phoniebox and playing it (via web interface) gives no feedback on display. pushing buttons has no impact.

I expected this to happen

I expected, that I can use RPi-Jukebox / phoniebox with RFID management and use the pirate audio for audio output, display and buttons. I expected it to work, as it is described in https://github.com/MiczFlor/Rpi-Jukebox-RFID/blob/develop/components/audio/PirateAudioHAT/README.md and #950.

Further information that might help

notes:
https://github.com/MiczFlor/Rpi-Jukebox-RFID/blob/develop/components/audio/PirateAudioHAT/README.md

• /etc/asound.conf does not exist. I tried the procedure described above with the notes of https://github.com/MiczFlor/Rpi-Jukebox-RFID/blob/develop/components/audio/PirateAudioHAT/README.md and created asound.conf, added (not replaced) content to mpd.conf, etc.

Software

Base image and version

2021-03-04-raspios-buster-armhf-lite.img

Branch / Release

Installscript

onoff shim: curl https://get.pimoroni.com/onoffshim | bash
Jukebox: cd; rm buster-install-*; wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MiczFlor/RPi-Jukebox-RFID/develop/scripts/installscripts/buster-install-default.sh; chmod +x buster-install-default.sh; GIT_BRANCH=develop bash ./buster-install-default.sh
Pirate Audio: git clone https://github.com/pimoroni/pirate-audio cd pirate-audio/mopidy sudo ./install.sh

Hardware

Raspberry Pi Zero WH
on off Shim
Pirate Audio 3W DAC
Neuftech USB Reader

RaspberryPi version

Zero WH

RFID Reader

Neuftech USB Reader

Soundcard

Pirate Audio 3W DAC

Other notable hardware

[s-martin]

Hi, although the Readme unfortunately doesn’t really state this, but at the moment the Pirate Audio HAT only works with the Spotify edition.

There is a PR #1112 which should implement this also for Classic edition, but unfortunately at the moment I don’t really have the time to fix this. See also #1109

[s-martin]

Closing now as a duplicate of #1109