Is Volumio power safe?

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#1

Hey all,

I have now been looking quite a bit into Volumio and I think it fits my needs very well as a streamer for my DAC for Spotify connect, Tidal (hopefully also connect) and net-radio. I am however running a setup, where all mains power to external hifi devices are shut off based on my amplifyer’s 12V tigger, mening the power for the raspberry pi is also shut off.

I do find some contradictory statements in this comunity about Volumio’s capability of handling this. Mostly I find, that it (as so many other rpi images) cannot handle this, and the risk of corruption is big and different precautions should be taken. Others states that Volumio 2 runs entirely in RAM and thereby this is no problem?

Can someone clearify this, such that I can find the right setup? :slightly_smiling_face:

If it matters, I am going to run on a rpi 3 with usb dac and for now over wifi.

Thanks in advance.

Regards Jesper

#2

Why not just leave the R Pi on 24/7?
That’s what I have done for nearly two years now, no issues.

#3

I really like the fact that things shuts down automatically with my amp, :slight_smile: I just find it weird that it on this forum both stated that volumio only runs in RAM, but also that it is not power safe?

#4

Just my experience… I use plenty of Volumio devices for years. Rpi2,3,4 Pine64, Primo (thinkerboard), Sparky, vim3l, C4… and the only way I use to power off them is to pull the plug from the wall (or a plug with a power switch)…
I never use the menu… And when I want to use them, just power on.

#5

Thanks balbuze, and you have never had problems? Have you done anything speciel in your setup, or just standard installation on sd card?

#6

Nothing particular. Some are used to Dev so may be flashed often… But Sparky or Allo Boss runs for at least 3 years, just with regular updates.

#7

But some other users seems to met problem doing this…

#8

But as I see it, a frequent flash should not solve the problem, as it is not a degrading problem which gets worse over time and thereby can be kept en check with flashing. It is a one-time corruption under a power loss which casuses the problems.

You statement about the two users, are they also pulling the plug, or was it a relation to the stabilty when running 24/7 without pulling the plug? :slight_smile:

#9

I have had power failures, and occasionally pulled the power connector to get a reset, I’ve not encountered problems due to those things.