Help setting up Volumio with touchscreen and IR remote

I have another Pi 4 that i had created the Kodi media to player on my tv, instead of dvd i have MP4s.
So, i been looking at heatsinks, Copper and Aluminum heatsinks. What would be cooler to use on the Pi 4

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Yes, but IMHO there’s barely a need for doing so as you have access to Volumio via SSH and SFTP.

So, the player is up and running i got my flash drive in with 461 mp3 songs.
I have a soundbar mounted to the wall… It has three channels on it, Audio 1 for the radio and Audio 2 for the Music player. The music sounds good just the normal audio jack on the Raspberry Pi 4. Put i hears things about the HiFi DAC HAT. How good is the sound when connected to the HiFi HAT.
How good is the sound from the HiFiBerry DAC HiFiBerry DAC+ Pro

do anyone of these two remotes (Apple remote A1156
Apple remote A1294 work with Volumio

Every now and then there have been reports of problems with the Apple remotes. You find some more info here. Unfortunately the links in the post are broken but they all refer to other posts in the “[PLUGIN] IR Remote Controller feedback thread”.

How many boards can be added to the Raspberry Pi 4. I was looking into adding the HiFiberry https://www.amazon.com/HiFiBerry-4-26044E-12-DAC2/dp/B017L7K4BE/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=hifiberry&qid=1604546726&s=electronics&sr=1-3 and a board that would power the Pi itself on/off.

If i find an Apple remote that Volumio offers volumio remote Then i can shutdown the Volumio player but since it don’t turn off the Pi, I’m looking for a board that let u turn off the Pi board

The remotePi board I mentioned above can do this.

ABout powering the Pi 4 i need more length in cable to get it to where i need it. So, would something like this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B083XK5ZT6/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?smid=A3PXI25LB6LFBT&psc=1
and something like this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GWPL5PM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A1KWJVS57NX03I&psc=1 to use?

Ok, today i got the Apple remote A1156 and A1294 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JFZXF20/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071VQWBN2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Ok, I went over to ir remote configuration on Volumio and saved the remote configs and then restarted the player but nothing don’t happen, i tried the apple remote but nothing.that don’t work, what do i do go to the terminal window

logs! :slight_smile: they help figure out what is going on…

You can access them either from the /dev page using the livelog feature or via ssh.

# Volumio logs
journalctl -f

i have these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JFZXF20/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071VQWBN2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

So how do i access the logs or what i mean is if i use SSH on my laptop make it much easy to work. So first it ask me to login and then do i type in /dev or livelog

I added a media player to another Pi 4.

Now looking into adding a IR receiver to power on/off the Pi.

I found this here

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install lirc

$ sudo mv /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf.dist /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf

$ sudo apt-get install lirc

how to edit this

driver = default

device = /dev/lirc0

$ sudo mv /etc/lirc/lircd.conf.dist /etc/lirc/lircd.conf

dtoverlay=gpio-ir,gpio_pin=17

or

#dtoverlay=gpio-ir-tx, gpio_pin=18

$ sudo systemctl stop lircd.service

$ sudo systemctl start lircd.service

$ sudo systemctl status lircd.service

$ sudo reboot

$ sudo systemctl stop lircd.service

$ sudo mode2 -d /dev/lirc0

point remote to ir receiver and press button

and exit

How would i clean or edit this to work out right

now that i have the player up and running on my pi 4 how do i get a remote running on it. I bought the two Apple remotes that it has list in the plugins but as i tried both remotes. A1156 and A2195 they still don’t work. i saved and rebooted the player.

No, you don’t type /dev - I meant the volumio.local/dev page from the browser… Try visiting it and seeing if things become a bit clearer.
Otherwise:

Given the amount of things you have been trying to install, you would be much better of flashing a new SD card and starting again.

I have two Apple remotes A1156 and A1294 like it shows in the “IR Remote Controller.” that shows the remotes in settings here
I tried each of the Apple remotes and save/ rebooted and nothing happen.
So how do i get to the IR remote Configurations to get the remote going on the player.

Would this also work with Volumio 3.179?

Don’t know what you mean specifically, but: The Touch Display plugin is available from the plugin store, the IR Controller plugin not yet.

So all i need to do is in the plugin, select JustBoom that i got, set the GPIO configurations to GPIO 24. Then do i just connect the jumper wire from the Single out/Ground/ power from the IR sensor to the ground 3.3vol GPIO 24 and reboot.

If this is meant as a question: Yes.

If not already done: Make sure before choosing GPIO 24 that it is not already used elsewhere, e.g. by a DAC.

Also note that the GPIO number is not the number of the physical pin to which the infrared receiver is connected, but the Broadcom pin number (BCM), cf. GPIO 24 at Raspberry Pi GPIO Pinout.

Right now i haven’t got the right sound card, so i added this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08C2DJBT2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and i still have access to the GPIO pins