No sound out of HiFi Berry DAC + with Volumio2 (2.799)

Panos70 · July 29, 2020, 1:08pm

yes yes:) I was wondering if the image file can be found so I flash a new one without updating:)

Qstik · July 29, 2020, 1:15pm

The 2.803 image file is probably out there somewhere; but I believe the devs want to control copies, so they offer it as an update as the first option. It’s very easy and simple this way. I was able to update a broken 2.799 system (no sound out of I2S port).

Panos70 · July 29, 2020, 1:26pm

Thank you all. I also updated and everything works. Just wanted to test a clean install as well.

Qstik · July 29, 2020, 1:29pm

I believe an update with a “Factory Reset” afterward (the button just below “Check Updates” is essentially a clean install.

volumio · July 29, 2020, 9:35pm

New release is out for everyone!

Qstik · July 29, 2020, 10:42pm

Release 2.806 works fine with my RPi 4b 4GB + Pi2AES

sharberger · July 30, 2020, 12:55am

After having everything working with 2.802 and the parametric EQ I went ahead with 2.806. I get sound without the EQ enabled but not with.

I tried the disable/reboot/enable save/reboot sequence without success.
I currently have the EQ disabled and am listening.

Any other suggestions?
Should I take this to the Parametric EQ plugin topic?

Darmur · July 30, 2020, 10:18am

I’m afraid a fix for the plugin is required, I have the same issue.

sharberger · July 30, 2020, 12:25pm

I just added a message in the Parametric EQ plugin section.

cmullen · July 30, 2020, 2:20pm

Ditto, no sound when Simple EQ plugin Active.We should consolidate all the Simple EQ plugin software bug issues under one thread.

BTW difference in /etc/mdp.conf file.

Sound from IQAudio Amp+ HAT is produced plugin NOT Active:

audio_output {
type “alsa”
name “alsa”
device “hw:2,0”
dop “no”

NO sound from IQAudio Amp+ HAT is produced plugin is Active:

audio_output {
type “alsa”
name “alsa”
device “hw:Loopback,0”
dop “no”

billmaddison · July 30, 2020, 5:42pm

I’m having problems with an Allo Katana.

Raspberry Pi 4 8GB with an Allo Katana attached.

I tried a fresh install of 2.806 . And the procedure of disabling I2S, rebooting, enabling I2S, final reboot.

aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 0: bcm2835 ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA]
Subdevices: 4/4
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 1: bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI [bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 2: bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI1 [bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Headphones [bcm2835 Headphones], device 0: bcm2835 Headphones [bcm2835 Headphones]
Subdevices: 3/3
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2

Darmur · July 31, 2020, 9:32am

could you please post the content of cat /boot/config.txt ?

it looks like the dt-overlay of your DAC is not loaded properly

cmullen · August 1, 2020, 1:31am

Darfur here is my output when I get sound from the IQAudioAmp+ HAT card.

volumio@ampit3:~$ cat /boot/config.txt
initramfs volumio.initrd
gpu_mem=32
max_usb_current=1
dtparam=audio=on
audio_pwm_mode=2
dtparam=i2c_arm=on
disable_splash=1
hdmi_force_hotplug=1

include userconfig.txt

Volumio i2s setting below: do not alter

dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus,unmute_amp

Volumio i2s setting below: do not alter

dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus,unmute_amp

Volumio i2s setting below: do not alter

dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus,unmute_amp

As soon as you see “through equalizer plugin” in Playback Options>>Output Device no sound is produced.

This is log when Simple EQ plugin is enabled and shows in Output Device and NO sound is produced.

volumio@ampit3:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
ALSA lib conf.c:3523:(snd_config_hooks_call) Cannot open shared library libasound_module_conf_pulse.so
ALSA lib control.c:1373:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
aplay: device_list:277: control open (0): No such file or directory
card 1: Headphones [bcm2835 Headphones], device 0: bcm2835 Headphones [bcm2835 Headphones]
Subdevices: 3/3
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
card 2: IQaudIODAC [IQaudIODAC], device 0: IQaudIO DAC HiFi pcm512x-hifi-0 [IQaudIO DAC HiFi pcm512x-hifi-0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 7: Loopback [Loopback], device 0: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
Subdevices: 2/2
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
card 7: Loopback [Loopback], device 1: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
Subdevices: 2/2
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
volumio@ampit3:~$ cat /boot/config.txt
initramfs volumio.initrd
gpu_mem=32
max_usb_current=1
dtparam=audio=on
audio_pwm_mode=2
dtparam=i2c_arm=on
disable_splash=1
hdmi_force_hotplug=1

include userconfig.txt

Volumio i2s setting below: do not alter

dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus,unmute_amp

Volumio i2s setting below: do not alter

dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus,unmute_amp

Volumio i2s setting below: do not alter

dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus,unmute_amp

volumio@ampit3:~$

balbuze · August 1, 2020, 6:48am

Remove the plugin.
Disable i2s Dac
Select headphone as output
Remove line such as:
Volumio i2s setting below: do not alter

dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus,unmute_amp
from /boot/config.txt and userconfig.txt
Reboot.
Enable i2s Dac and choose boss.
Test.
Install the plugin and enable it. Reboot.
Let me know

cmullen · August 1, 2020, 2:40pm

Hi Balbuze,

Followed all your steps but after reboot, No Sound.

Volumio finds and loads the IQAudioAmp+ HAT driver. The mixer becomes either undefined or hardware.

Here is the output from:

$ cat /boot/config.txt
initramfs volumio.initrd
gpu_mem=32
max_usb_current=1
dtparam=audio=on
audio_pwm_mode=2
dtparam=i2c_arm=on
disable_splash=1
hdmi_force_hotplug=1
volumio@ampit3:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
ALSA lib conf.c:3523:(snd_config_hooks_call) Cannot open shared library libasound_module_conf_pulse.so
ALSA lib control.c:1373:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
aplay: device_list:277: control open (0): No such file or directory
card 1: Headphones [bcm2835 Headphones], device 0: bcm2835 Headphones [bcm2835 Headphones]
Subdevices: 3/3
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
volumio@ampit3:~$ alsamixer
ALSA lib conf.c:3523:(snd_config_hooks_call) Cannot open shared library libasound_module_conf_pulse.so
ALSA lib control.c:1373:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL default
cannot open mixer: No such file or directory

Is this the problem and solution?

As you can see from prior posts something happened at Volumio v2.657.

balbuze · August 1, 2020, 3:05pm

hum… can you please try :

sudo apt-get -y install libasound2-plugin-equal

please

cmullen · August 1, 2020, 3:15pm

~$ sudo apt-get -y install libasound2-plugin-equal
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
libasound2-plugin-equal is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 124 not upgraded.
volumio@ampit3:~$

cmullen · August 1, 2020, 3:19pm

BTW if I add the lines:

include userconfig.txt

Volumio i2s setting below: do not alter

dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus,unmute_amp

to /boot/config.txt I get sound.

Also if I install and make Active the Simple EQ plugin i get no sound.

~$ cat /boot/config.txt
initramfs volumio.initrd
gpu_mem=32
max_usb_current=1
dtparam=audio=on
audio_pwm_mode=2
dtparam=i2c_arm=on
disable_splash=1
hdmi_force_hotplug=1

include userconfig.txt

Volumio i2s setting below: do not alter

dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus
,unmute_amp

Simple EQ plugin Active and no sound=>

volumio@ampit3:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
ALSA lib conf.c:3523:(snd_config_hooks_call) Cannot open shared library libasound_module_conf_pulse.so
ALSA lib control.c:1373:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
aplay: device_list:277: control open (0): No such file or directory
card 1: Headphones [bcm2835 Headphones], device 0: bcm2835 Headphones [bcm2835 Headphones]
Subdevices: 3/3
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
card 2: IQaudIODAC [IQaudIODAC], device 0: IQaudIO DAC HiFi pcm512x-hifi-0 [IQaudIO DAC HiFi pcm512x-hifi-0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 7: Loopback [Loopback], device 0: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
Subdevices: 2/2
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
card 7: Loopback [Loopback], device 1: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
Subdevices: 2/2
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1

Simple EQplugin made Inactive and I get sound=>

volumio@ampit3:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
ALSA lib conf.c:3523:(snd_config_hooks_call) Cannot open shared library libasound_module_conf_pulse.so
ALSA lib control.c:1373:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
aplay: device_list:277: control open (0): No such file or directory
card 1: Headphones [bcm2835 Headphones], device 0: bcm2835 Headphones [bcm2835 Headphones]
Subdevices: 3/3
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
card 2: IQaudIODAC [IQaudIODAC], device 0: IQaudIO DAC HiFi pcm512x-hifi-0 [IQaudIO DAC HiFi pcm512x-hifi-0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 7: Loopback [Loopback], device 0: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
Subdevices: 2/2
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
card 7: Loopback [Loopback], device 1: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
Subdevices: 2/2
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
volumio@ampit3:~$

And they look identical !?!

int_Haustechnik · December 23, 2020, 9:44pm

The same issue with the 2.861 after update from 2.599
How can i reupgrade to the 2.802?

AnnoyingMink · December 23, 2020, 10:58pm

should be 'hw:1.0
Any idea where is the config file ? (I have the same issue)