Volumio and Cover Art from Streaming Services (Spotify, Apple Music)

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Hello,

New Volumio User with RPi3, Allo Kali, Piano Dac v.1.0, Rasberry Pi 7" screen who is struggling with couple of things. I have attempted to search and read through some of the FAQ but I did not find anything that helped answer my question, so posting a new thread about it. I am pretty sure that I am doing something stupid and missing a configuration setting to address the issue. I am using the free version of MyVolumio, in case that makes a difference.

  1. I plan to use Spotify via Spotify Connect (multiple folks in the household will be using it) and Apple Music via Airplay. Under both I can connect and stream without any issues but neither of them show the album cover of the song currently playing. If I start Spotify from withing Volumio it shows the album cover.
  2. How do I configure Volumio to show the correct bitrate. For example, Apple Music is saying it’s 24-bit/48kHz ALAC but Volumio is show it as 44.1/16bit. Is Airplay restricted to 16-bit/44.1kHz? Streaming Apple Music Lossless is one of the goals.
  3. Trying to enable SSH via http://volumio.local/dev screen but I always get “Connection reset by ipaddress port 22” when trying to connect. I do not see an option to save the settings under “Enable SSH”

1 and 2 are critical, I can leave without the SSH access.

Thank You

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Try replacing volumio.local with the IP address of your Volumio system.

3

This is a known problem and a fix should be on the way. If you want everyone to have access via Connect, log out of Spotify in the Volumio plugin.

4

Well, good luck with that outside the Apple Universe :wink:

Darko Audio on youtube has done a lot of videos regarding streaming Apple Music.

5

Yes Airplay1 restricted to 16-bit/44.1kHz. Airplay 2 ( 24-bit/48kHz) is not stable enough to make it to Volumio

6

Thank you. Logged out and I am no longer able to connect via Spotify Connect even though it shows up as option. I also tried the ip address instead of the volumio.local option.

I will wait for the fix.

7

Got it so for now it’s a no go with Apple Music.

8

Yep, I have successfully used ipad connected to usb dac but was hoping for more remote control option.

Back to the drawing board :grinning: