{"id":925,"date":"2017-08-05T13:04:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T11:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hannes.enjoys.it\/blog\/?p=925"},"modified":"2017-08-05T13:04:59","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T11:04:59","slug":"turn-a-raspberry-into-a-no-fancyshmancy-mpd-server-with-archlinux-arm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hannes.enjoys.it\/blog\/2017\/08\/turn-a-raspberry-into-a-no-fancyshmancy-mpd-server-with-archlinux-arm\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn a Raspberry into a no-fancyshmancy mpd server with Archlinux ARM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because my SD card keeps getting corrupted and I always start from scratch, here are my notes on how to turn a Raspberry Pi 2 with an always connected USB disk full of audio media into a nice little mpd server outputting via the 3.5mm jack. Probably works somewhat<\/i> the same on a Raspberry Pi 3.<\/p>\n

Install Archlinux ARM<\/h3>\n

Install https:\/\/archlinuxarm.org\/platforms\/armv7\/broadcom\/raspberry-pi-2#installation<\/a>
\nAnd obviously update it right after, add your ssh key, whatever. Then:<\/p>\n

Add packages to build a special mpd, sound stuff and common utils:
\n# pacman -Syu screen wget zip base-devel libmikmod unzip zziplib git doxygen boost alsa-utils hdparm ffmpeg htop libao audiofile libshout libmad faad2 libupnp libmms wavpack avahi libid3tag yajl libmpdclient<\/code><\/p>\n

Get sound working<\/h3>\n

Add to \/boot\/config.cfg:<\/p>\n

\n
dtparam=audio=on  # https:\/\/archlinuxarm.org\/platforms\/armv7\/broadcom\/raspberry-pi-2#wiki\r\ndisable_audio_dither=1  # if you get white noise on low volume, https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/documentation\/configuration\/config-txt\/audio.md\r\naudio_pwm_mode=2  # better audio driver, https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/forums\/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=136445<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Make sure audio output is enabled, not muted, in # alsamixer<\/code>.
\n# speaker-test -c6 -twav<\/code><\/p>\n
Connect and mount external disk with all your media<\/h3>\n
Connect USB disk. Check UUID using ls -l \/dev\/disk\/by-uuid\/<\/code> or lsblk -f<\/code>, add it to \/etc\/fstab at a mount point of your choice:
\nUUID=12341234-1234-1234-1234-123412341234        \/media\/egon    ext4    defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=1    0  2<\/code>
\nand made sure that it can spin down by adding \/etc\/udev\/rules.d\/50-hdparm.rules (you might want to verify the hdparm call works first):
\nACTION==\"add|change\", KERNEL==\"sd[a-z]\", ATTR{queue\/rotational}==\"1\", RUN+=\"\/usr\/bin\/hdparm -B 1 -S 60 -M \/dev\/%k\"<\/code>
\nThen check if things work with # mount -a<\/code><\/p>\n
Compile mpd with zip and curl support (optional, if not wanted, just install mpd from the repos)<\/h3>\n
I compiled my own mpd because I wanted zip support and Archlinux’s does not ship with that.
\n$ wget https:\/\/aur.archlinux.org\/cgit\/aur.git\/snapshot\/mpd-git.tar.gz<\/a>
\n$ tar xfvz mpd-git.tar.gz
\n$ cd mpd-git
\n$ nano PKGBUILD<\/code>
\nAdd ‘armv7h’ to the archs<\/p>\n
and add some fancy configure options:<\/p>\n
\n
\r\n      --enable-zzip \\\r\n      --enable-mikmod \\\r\n      --enable-modplug \\\r\n      --enable-curl <\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
$ makepkg
\n# pacman -U the resulting package<\/strong><\/code>
\nTakes about 30 minutes.<\/p>\n
Configure mpd<\/h3>\n
\/etc\/mpd.conf:<\/p>\n
\n
user \"mpd\"\r\npid_file \"\/run\/mpd\/mpd.pid\"\r\ndb_file \"\/var\/lib\/mpd\/mpd.db\"\r\nstate_file \"\/var\/lib\/mpd\/mpdstate\"\r\nplaylist_directory \"\/var\/lib\/mpd\/playlists\"\r\nmusic_directory    \"\/media\/egon\"\r\n\r\naudio_output {\r\n  type            \"alsa\"\r\n  name            \"default\"\r\n  mixer_type      \"software\"      # optional\r\n}<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
# systemctl enable mpd
\n# systemctl start mpd<\/code><\/p>\n
WLAN<\/h3>\n
TODO ;)<\/p>\n
Once it all works, make an image of it so that next time installation is just dd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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