# pi.speaker

- [Hardware](#hardware)
- [Operating System](#operating-system)
- [HiFiBerry Setup](#hifiberry-setup)
- [SqueezeLite](#squeezelite)
- [alsa plugin equalizer](#alsa-plugin-equalizer)
- [Bluealsa/bluealsa-aplay](#bluealsabluealsa-aplay)

## Hardware

- Raspberry PI W
- HiFiBerry - DAC Plus

## Operating System

[Raspberry PI OS](https://www.raspberrypi.com) bookworm.

## HiFiBerry Setup

*[Information source](https://www.hifiberry.com/docs/software/configuring-linux-3-18-x/)*

```bash
#/boot/firmware/config.txt

# disable onboard audio
#dtparam=audio=on

# configurations for hifiberry-dacplus
force_eeprom_read=0
dtoverlay=hifiberry-dacplus
```

``` bash
# list audio devices 
 aplay -l
```

**Set /etc/asound.conf:**

*Replace with sound card number.*
```bash
#/etc/asound.conf
defaults.pcm.card 1
defaults.pcm.device 1
defaults.ctl.card 1
```

Reboot

## SqueezeLite

*Requires Logitech Media Server check [instructions](/marcio.fernandes/lms) for server setup*

**Install:**

Check latest [version](https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/squeezelite/linux/) SqueezeLite.

```bash
# set version
FILE="squeezelite-2.0.0.1541-armhf.tar.gz"

cd /tmp
# Download 
wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/squeezelite/linux/$FILE 

# untar file
tar -xvzf "$FILE"

# move to bin
sudo mv squeezelite /usr/local/bin
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/squeezelite
```

**Manual initialization:**

``` bash
squeezelite
```

**Setup as service:**

Download/copy file [etc/systemd/system/squeezelite.service](/etc/systemd/system/squeezelite.service) to /etc/systemd/system/

*check file for squeezelite configurations*  
*squeezelite --help for arguments*  
*if used with bluealsa only one can be running*

Start service:

```bash
sudo systemctl enable squeezelite
sudo systemctl start squeezelite
sudo systemctl status squeezelite
```

## alsa plugin equalizer

Install:

```bash
sudo apt install -y libasound2-plugin-equal
```

Manual usage:

```bash
alsamixer -D equal
```

## Bluealsa/bluealsa-aplay

*Using pi as bluetooth speaker:*

Install:

```bash
    sudo apt install bluealsa -y
```

Start on boot:

```bash
sudo service bluealsa enable && sudo service bluealsa start
```

 Manual initialization:

```bash
bluealsa-aplay 00:00:00:00:00:00
```

Automatically on boot:

ALSA only allows one application using sound (bad sound quality experience with DMUX or pulseaudio).


Download/copy file [etc/systemd/system/bluealsaaplay.service](etc/systemd/system/bluealsaaplay.service) to /etc/systemd/system/

Start service

```bash
sudo systemctl start bluealsaaplay
```

Start on boot

```bash
sudo systemctl enable bluealsaaplay
```