Hardware

• Raspberry PI W
• HiFiBerry - DAC Plus

Setup

Operating System

Raspberry PI OS

HiFiBerry Setup

Information source

Remove/comment from /boot/config.txt if it exists, for disabling onboard sound.

dtparam=audio=on

Add this lines to /boot/config.txt

force_eeprom_read=0
dtoverlay=hifiberry-dacplus

Copy/download file etc/asound.conf to /etc/

Reboot

SqueezeLite

Requires Logitech Media Server check instructions for setup

Install

1. Check latest version SqueezeLite

2. Download latest version

   cd /tmp
   wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/squeezelite/linux/squeezelite-1.9.9.1392-armhf.tar.gz  
   

3. Untar downloaded files

   tar -xvzf squeezelite-1.9.9.1392-armhf.tar.gz
   

4. Move untar file file to /usr/bin/

   sudo mv squeezelite /usr/bin      
   

5. Check if is executable

   ls -la /usr/bin/squeezelite
   

6. If not make executable

   sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/squeezelite
   

Setup as service

Download/copy file etc/systemd/system/squeezelite.service to /etc/systemd/system/

check file for squeezelite configurations
squeezelite --help for arguments

Start service
if used with bluealsa only one can be running

sudo systemctl start squeezelite

Enable on boot
if used with bluealsa only one can be used on boot

sudo systemctl enable squeezelite

Bluealsa/bluealsa-aplay

Using pi as bluetooth speaker

Install

sudo apt update && sudo apt install bluealsa -y

Setup as service

Start on boot

sudo service bluealsa enable && sudo service bluealsa start

bluealsa-aplay as service

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

Enable service on boot
if used with squeezelite only one can be used on boot

sudo systemctl enable bluealsaaplay

Start service if used with squeezelite only one can be running

sudo systemctl start bluealsaaplay

bluealsa-aplay and Squeezelite

Squeelite on boot

sudo systemctl enable squeezelite

Change to bluealsa-aplay

sudo sh -c 'systemctl stop squeezelite; systemctl start bluealsaaplay'

Change to squeezelite

sudo sh -c 'systemctl stop bluealsaaplay; systemctl start squeezelite'