Adding Tidal Connect

dstockmann · April 23, 2021, 12:25pm

Hi there,

I have the exact same problem. Which is a pity as I use Brutefir for DRC and Headphone EQ.
Hope this can be fixed as it makes Tidal Connect useless for me.

balbuze · April 23, 2021, 12:59pm

There is no plans to make it work with Volumio 2.xx.
But it should be ok with buster version. I suggest you to test volumio-plugins/plugins/audio_interface/Dsp4Volumio at alsa_modular · balbuze/volumio-plugins · GitHub or
A Parametric Eq, where you can directly use more than 3800 Eq profils from AutoEq for headphone, in one click! : volumio-plugins/plugins/audio_interface/Parameq4Volumio at alsa_modular · balbuze/volumio-plugins · GitHub.
But please report here your tests with plugins : [NOT RECOMENDED!] Plugin and Tweaks Adventures on Buster Betas - #247 by ianpi
TY

mattsp64 · April 23, 2021, 2:17pm

Thank you so much volumio for this update!
It worked straight outta the box for me ( even Mqa)!

I gotta say though I think the sound stage presentation is fractionally better in the volumio app than in connect. I know it doesnt make sense

fwiw my kit/signal path is: RPi4–allo digione–ifi idsd–quad 34 preamp–quad 405 mk2–Kef ls50.

What4 · April 23, 2021, 3:01pm

True. Volume control in Tidal is pain. Both mobile and pc. But connect works fine in both.

Stefan_Paszkowski · April 23, 2021, 3:02pm

Hello. Just updated Volumio. Firstly it connects with Tidal Connect but no sound. Then after turning off and on “MPD Client Volume Regulation” it started working.

Have Cambridge 851D DAC. However i use Resampling feature in Volumio with 24bit and 192kHz/Very High settings. When playing directly from Volumio app DAC is showing 192kHz signal on display, when changing to Tidal Connect it is going back down to 44.1/48kHz. Looks like with Tidal Connect resampling is not working?

Please let me know what u think. Best regards.

What4 · April 23, 2021, 3:12pm

Resampling is “For local file playback only”.

Stefan_Paszkowski · April 23, 2021, 3:24pm

Ok. Thank you

spence1 · April 23, 2021, 4:10pm

I get the blue toast message and I can confirm that I’m on the same network. Tidal can see other Tidal Connect devices, but not Volumio. Anything else to try?

dstockmann · April 23, 2021, 7:02pm

User Error: once I set the mixer to Software it works also with Brutefir.

Vladimir_Jovanovic · April 23, 2021, 10:32pm

Great effort from Volumio team, congrats!

I’m on a trial Virtuoso plan in order to evaluate if it is woth it to me to pay extra to have Tidal Connect.

It took me the whole afternoon to make it work, but when I’ve read this thread till the end, I’ve set my Earmen Donald DAC as the output device and it started working.

That was really odd, since I think that I did set it up correctly… but ok, it works now and I’ll test it for a few days to see if I will continue the subscription.

reguax · April 24, 2021, 12:04am

I guess the same thing happenned to me.
Unfortunately, I didn’t notice that the problem was DSP and did a full reset
After the reset, Tidal Connect started working.

I have volumio on Rpi4 and MiniPC with USB dacs, bot with Dsp plugin, both with the same problem.

mervinio · April 24, 2021, 6:49am

@spence1 can you send me some logs and info about your setup?

mervinio · April 24, 2021, 7:23am

Updated the FAQ, please read carefully before posting.

Kurtolomix · April 24, 2021, 8:33am

Am I the only one having issues with PAUSE -Tidal connect works fine until I stop the music from the ios Tidal app - then a stutter buzz noise starts untill I press play again.
Allo Usbridge → Schiit Bifrost2 Dac

ravitester · April 24, 2021, 8:41am

My Allo Usbridge is running on the sparky platform and I cannot get an update to 8.878. How did you use the rpi3 image?
Any info helpful, thanks

shoom · April 24, 2021, 8:49am

I’ve had the same issue with the USBridge Sig in the past but with a different OS.

I found that grounding the USBridge Sig chassis helps and does reduce general background noise also.

I use the Nirvana PSU which makes grounding easier.

Cheap and easy to try.

No problems with my USBridge Sig into Pro-ject S2 and Tidal Connect.

i Have the BifrostV1 but never use the USB input.

vcelkamaja · April 24, 2021, 9:22am

Very happy to see Tidal Connect works with Volumio - thanks a lot! Everything work fine. I have only 3 questions to clarify:

Is it correct that Shairport must be enabled in Volumio sources to enable Tidal? When I disable it Tidal doesn’t see Volumio / RPi
Master quality tracks only play 16bit / 44.1 kHz via Tidal Connect app while when I play the same track via Volumio Tidal (no Tidal Connect and Tidal app) it shows 24 bit / 48 kHz. Any idea why?
How does it work with volume control in Tidal app vs in Volumio? Tidal app volume control is not very nice and not precise. Do both volume controls work together?
They is sometime some noise - pops / clicks between tracks - I observed it mainly with Master tracks not sure if it is also the case for Hifi quality

mervinio · April 24, 2021, 9:32am

@ravitester Unfortunately the sparky board is not supported anymore. Please see: No more Volumio for Sparky? - #4 by judydudi

mervinio · April 24, 2021, 9:46am

TC is not relying on Shairport but could be conflicting somehow because it also uses mdns. Can you try to disable Shairport and restart Tidal Connect?
Volumio can not control the variant of the track, this is handled by Tidal and based on the selected quality in the app.
When Tidal Connect is active it is the volume control master. You can change volume from the app or from volumio. We can not control the curve used.
This is probably caused by your driver or equipment. There will probably be a thread on the forum related to your hardware.

ravitester · April 24, 2021, 9:49am

Time to move on… Which platform would you suggest has the most users and will continue to be supported. I did buy a Khadas VIM3L to be the transport the excellent Khadas Tone 2 Pro DAC, but that is not supported either. My track record in getting the right transport is poor, and I need some inside information.
Thanks