Setup Digital Dreamtime Akkordion Music Player

What was used

Hardware

• Akkordion
  • Raspberry Pi 2B
  • Generic 26-pin OEM sound card
• SanDisk Ultra 8GB SD card—see SD card.
• Generic Wifi with arial.

Software

• piCorePlayer 9.0.0-a2 32-bit Kernel—see piCorePlayer Downloads.

Steps

Step 1 - Download piCorePlayer

• Download piCorePlayer 32-bit Kernel—see Download piCorePlayer.

Step 2 - Create SD card

• Create an SD card with piCorePlayer image—see Burn piCorePlayer onto a SD card.

Step 3 - Setup Wifi (if needed)

• Create wpa_supplicant.conf on boot partition—see Setup Wifi without ethernet.
• Eject the SD card.

Step 4 - Boot piCorePlayer

• Insert the SD card into the Raspberry Pi 2B.
• Connect the power cable to the Raspberry Pi 2B.
• Turn the power on.

Step 5 - Determine the IP address

• Determine the IP address—see Determine your piCorePlayer IP address.

Step 6 - Access piCorePlayer GUI

• Type http://<IP address> into web browser, or
• Type http://pcp.local into web browser.

Step 7 - Select Audio output device

• Select [Squeezelite Settings] > “Audio output device settings” > “Generic/simple TI5102 DAC”.
• Click [Save].
• This will set “Audio output device settings” to “Generic/simple TI5102 DAC” and set “Change Squeezelite settings” to default values.

Step 8 - Reboot

• Click [Reboot] when requested.

Step 9 - Check the Output setting

• Click [Squeezelite Settings] > “Change Squeezelite settings” > “Output setting” > “more>”.
• Note the list of available output devices.

Available output devices (click to use):

hw: devices are normally the best choice, but try and decide for yourself:

- default
- plugequal
- equal
- hw:CARD=Headphones,DEV=0
- plughw:CARD=Headphones,DEV=0
- sysdefault:CARD=Headphones
- hw:CARD=sndrpihifiberry,DEV=0
- plughw:CARD=sndrpihifiberry,DEV=0
- sysdefault:CARD=sndrpihifiberry

• Check for references to sndrpihifiberry.
• The presence of sndrpihifiberry shows a compatible overlay has been used in config.txt.
• Go to step 10.
• If the sndrpihifiberry sound card is not displayed, you will see the following instead.

Available output devices (click to use):

hw: devices are normally the best choice, but try and decide for yourself:

- default
- plugequal
- equal
- hw:CARD=Headphones,DEV=0
- plughw:CARD=Headphones,DEV=0
- sysdefault:CARD=Headphones

• Repeat steps 7 to 9 until a sound card appears.

Step 10 - Play music

• Select track/playlist.
• Click [Play].

Step 11 - Set player name

• Access piCorePlayer using the IP address in a browser (ie. http://192.168.1.xxx or http://pcp.local).
• Select [Squeezelite Settings] > “Change Squeezelite settings” > “Name of your player”.
• Type player name pCP Akkordion.
• Click [Save].

Step 13 - Set hostname

• Select [Tweaks] > “pCP System Tweaks” > “Host name”.
• Type host name pCPAkkordion.
• Click [Save].
• Click [Yes] when requested to “Reboot piCorePlayer”.

Testing optional overlays

Step 1 - Edit config.txt

• Edit config.txt—see Edit config.txt.

$ m1

$ c1

$ vicfg

From this:

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# onboard audio overlay
#Custom Configuration Area, for config settings that are not managed by pCP.
#pCP will retain these settings during insitu-update
#---Begin-Custom-(Do not alter Begin or End Tags)-----
#---End-Custom----------------------------------------
dtoverlay=hifiberry-dac

To this:

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# onboard audio overlay
#Custom Configuration Area, for config settings that are not managed by pCP.
#pCP will retain these settings during insitu-update
#---Begin-Custom-(Do not alter Begin or End Tags)-----
#---End-Custom----------------------------------------
dtoverlay=akkordion-iqdacplus

Step 2 - Reboot

• Click [Reboot] or type $ pcp br.

Overlays README

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Name:   akkordion-iqdacplus
Info:   Configures the Digital Dreamtime Akkordion Music Player (based on the
        OEM IQAudIO DAC+ or DAC Zero module).
Load:   dtoverlay=akkordion-iqdacplus,<param>=<val>
Params: 24db_digital_gain       Allow gain to be applied via the PCM512x codec
                                Digital volume control. Enable with
                                dtoverlay=akkordion-iqdacplus,24db_digital_gain
                                (The default behaviour is that the Digital
                                volume control is limited to a maximum of
                                0dB. ie. it can attenuate but not provide
                                gain. For most users, this will be desired
                                as it will prevent clipping. By appending
                                the 24db_digital_gain parameter, the Digital
                                volume control will allow up to 24dB of
                                gain. If this parameter is enabled, it is the
                                responsibility of the user to ensure that
                                the Digital volume control is set to a value
                                that does not result in clipping/distortion!)

More information

• Download piCorePlayer
• Burn piCorePlayer onto a SD card
• Setup Wifi without ethernet
• Determine your piCorePlayer IP address
• Edit config.txt