Lego wrote:Not much has been said about the flakiness of Volumio apart from its tendency to be a little bit flaky :0)
Although I'm only using a laptop with Maplin Dac at present I hadn't noticed any problems with Volumio up until now. Without being too controversial I think the problem could possibly be the HD+ Dac.
The few issues I am having since changing to HD+ are:
1) Volumio tends to freeze from time to time
2) Clicking Play seems to stall things intermittently
3)When music does start it only plays one track at a time. This is a major PIA
Has anyone else had these issues and manage to resolve them?
Running HAKAI one week now and it has been quite frustrating with Volumio.
Exactly the same issues you described...
I tried Daphile from bootable usb stick and this software player works flawlessly, but has not the exciting sound Volumio has.
So I figured that the problems are not caused by the Esi GIGAPort HD+.
But now i’ve pinpointed the problems with Volumio and solved them.
HAKAI with Volumio is running flawlessly since yesterday and I also managed to run Tidal and Qobuz on the HAKAI.
My setup:
HAKAI build according recommended specs
Gigabyte GA-N3050N-D3H motherboard
2 x Intel 320 SSD
2 x 4GB valueram so-dimm low voltage version (3L)
WD usb HDD (2TB) connected to USB-3 port with my local music (no NAS)
Volumio installed on SSD-1 and using SSD-2 for saving purchased music from Qobuz
ESI GIGAPort HD+ dac
Streacom case and 160W nano power supply
iPad Air 2 used as controller
The described problems are all caused by the Volumio web interface and also the official Volumio controller app; music stops playing when pressing start or switching songs, hdd and usb hdd not visible all the time, music library lost entries, etc, etc...
The solution I use:
Rigelian Universal controller app (2 months free trial, €4,99 subscription afterwards per year)
Now I can browse my usb HDD and internal SDD for music and play them with Volumio as renderer.
No hick up yet...
(There might be other controller apps also working, but this one is tested by me and works perfectly)
LUMIN controller app for streaming Qobuz and Tidal with Volumio as renderer.
(Can also be used with NAS for local music, but I don’t have a NAS... and it won’t find music on local HDD’s)
Qobuz and Tidal needs BubbleUPnP server installed somewhere on a pc in your home network.
I use a laptop connected to power.
Instructions:
https://www.hifizine.com/2016/06/how-to ... pberry-pi/
Hope this helps