oh no sorry, I have not explained well sorry,
I mean that you have to set the output also if you install the official image.
But i can’t figure out why you have no sound from SPDIF.
Maybe it could be and hdmi issue: If you have an hdmi display connected try to disconnect it,
'cause it’s possibible that output is forced through hdmi .
let me know if this workaround helps.
bye bye!
Hi, also in this case it could be an issue related to the hdmi output.
If you have an hdmi display connected try to disconnect it.
It’ only an idea, but git it a try…
Hi m3m3nto,
Thanks for your replies.
No hdmi here and I just realised I have the same issue as brunogiovs where I have to reload the Lineout everytime I reboot, or nothing comes out.
I will carry on hammering till it works.
cheers
Hi,
I seem to be having the same problem, i.e. no sound out of SPDIF with the 1.5 Wolfson image. I don’t have an HDMI cable connected to the Raspi. The previous version, 1.4 worked fine, and I presume still does. Here is the output of the SPDIF_playback.sh script.
numid=341,iface=MIXER,name='SPDIF out Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
: values=on
numid=336,iface=MIXER,name='TX Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
: values=on
numid=335,iface=MIXER,name='Input Source'
; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=2
; Item #0 'S/PDIF RX'
; Item #1 'AIF'
: values=1
numid=337,iface=MIXER,name='AIF Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
: values=on
numid=402,iface=MIXER,name='AIF2TX1 Input 1'
; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=99
; Item #0 'None'
; Item #1 'Tone Generator 1'
; Item #2 'Tone Generator 2'
; Item #3 'Haptics'
; Item #4 'AEC'
; Item #5 'Mic Mute Mixer'
; Item #6 'Noise Generator'
; Item #7 'IN1L'
; Item #8 'IN1R'
; Item #9 'IN2L'
; Item #10 'IN2R'
; Item #11 'IN3L'
; Item #12 'IN3R'
; Item #13 'IN4L'
; Item #14 'IN4R'
; Item #15 'AIF1RX1'
; Item #16 'AIF1RX2'
; Item #17 'AIF1RX3'
; Item #18 'AIF1RX4'
; Item #19 'AIF1RX5'
; Item #20 'AIF1RX6'
; Item #21 'AIF1RX7'
; Item #22 'AIF1RX8'
; Item #23 'AIF2RX1'
; Item #24 'AIF2RX2'
; Item #25 'AIF3RX1'
; Item #26 'AIF3RX2'
; Item #27 'SLIMRX1'
; Item #28 'SLIMRX2'
; Item #29 'SLIMRX3'
; Item #30 'SLIMRX4'
; Item #31 'SLIMRX5'
; Item #32 'SLIMRX6'
; Item #33 'SLIMRX7'
; Item #34 'SLIMRX8'
; Item #35 'EQ1'
; Item #36 'EQ2'
; Item #37 'EQ3'
; Item #38 'EQ4'
; Item #39 'DRC1L'
; Item #40 'DRC1R'
; Item #41 'DRC2L'
; Item #42 'DRC2R'
; Item #43 'LHPF1'
; Item #44 'LHPF2'
; Item #45 'LHPF3'
; Item #46 'LHPF4'
; Item #47 'DSP1.1'
; Item #48 'DSP1.2'
; Item #49 'DSP1.3'
; Item #50 'DSP1.4'
; Item #51 'DSP1.5'
; Item #52 'DSP1.6'
; Item #53 'DSP2.1'
; Item #54 'DSP2.2'
; Item #55 'DSP2.3'
; Item #56 'DSP2.4'
; Item #57 'DSP2.5'
; Item #58 'DSP2.6'
; Item #59 'DSP3.1'
; Item #60 'DSP3.2'
; Item #61 'DSP3.3'
; Item #62 'DSP3.4'
; Item #63 'DSP3.5'
; Item #64 'DSP3.6'
; Item #65 'DSP4.1'
; Item #66 'DSP4.2'
; Item #67 'DSP4.3'
; Item #68 'DSP4.4'
; Item #69 'DSP4.5'
; Item #70 'DSP4.6'
; Item #71 'ASRC1L'
; Item #72 'ASRC1R'
; Item #73 'ASRC2L'
; Item #74 'ASRC2R'
; Item #75 'ISRC1INT1'
; Item #76 'ISRC1INT2'
; Item #77 'ISRC1INT3'
; Item #78 'ISRC1INT4'
; Item #79 'ISRC1DEC1'
; Item #80 'ISRC1DEC2'
; Item #81 'ISRC1DEC3'
; Item #82 'ISRC1DEC4'
; Item #83 'ISRC2INT1'
; Item #84 'ISRC2INT2'
; Item #85 'ISRC2INT3'
; Item #86 'ISRC2INT4'
; Item #87 'ISRC2DEC1'
; Item #88 'ISRC2DEC2'
; Item #89 'ISRC2DEC3'
; Item #90 'ISRC2DEC4'
; Item #91 'ISRC3INT1'
; Item #92 'ISRC3INT2'
; Item #93 'ISRC3INT3'
; Item #94 'ISRC3INT4'
; Item #95 'ISRC3DEC1'
; Item #96 'ISRC3DEC2'
; Item #97 'ISRC3DEC3'
; Item #98 'ISRC3DEC4'
: values=15
numid=287,iface=MIXER,name='AIF2TX1 Input 1 Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=48,step=0
: values=32
| dBscale-min=-32.00dB,step=1.00dB,mute=0
numid=398,iface=MIXER,name='AIF2TX2 Input 1'
; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=99
; Item #0 'None'
; Item #1 'Tone Generator 1'
; Item #2 'Tone Generator 2'
; Item #3 'Haptics'
; Item #4 'AEC'
; Item #5 'Mic Mute Mixer'
; Item #6 'Noise Generator'
; Item #7 'IN1L'
; Item #8 'IN1R'
; Item #9 'IN2L'
; Item #10 'IN2R'
; Item #11 'IN3L'
; Item #12 'IN3R'
; Item #13 'IN4L'
; Item #14 'IN4R'
; Item #15 'AIF1RX1'
; Item #16 'AIF1RX2'
; Item #17 'AIF1RX3'
; Item #18 'AIF1RX4'
; Item #19 'AIF1RX5'
; Item #20 'AIF1RX6'
; Item #21 'AIF1RX7'
; Item #22 'AIF1RX8'
; Item #23 'AIF2RX1'
; Item #24 'AIF2RX2'
; Item #25 'AIF3RX1'
; Item #26 'AIF3RX2'
; Item #27 'SLIMRX1'
; Item #28 'SLIMRX2'
; Item #29 'SLIMRX3'
; Item #30 'SLIMRX4'
; Item #31 'SLIMRX5'
; Item #32 'SLIMRX6'
; Item #33 'SLIMRX7'
; Item #34 'SLIMRX8'
; Item #35 'EQ1'
; Item #36 'EQ2'
; Item #37 'EQ3'
; Item #38 'EQ4'
; Item #39 'DRC1L'
; Item #40 'DRC1R'
; Item #41 'DRC2L'
; Item #42 'DRC2R'
; Item #43 'LHPF1'
; Item #44 'LHPF2'
; Item #45 'LHPF3'
; Item #46 'LHPF4'
; Item #47 'DSP1.1'
; Item #48 'DSP1.2'
; Item #49 'DSP1.3'
; Item #50 'DSP1.4'
; Item #51 'DSP1.5'
; Item #52 'DSP1.6'
; Item #53 'DSP2.1'
; Item #54 'DSP2.2'
; Item #55 'DSP2.3'
; Item #56 'DSP2.4'
; Item #57 'DSP2.5'
; Item #58 'DSP2.6'
; Item #59 'DSP3.1'
; Item #60 'DSP3.2'
; Item #61 'DSP3.3'
; Item #62 'DSP3.4'
; Item #63 'DSP3.5'
; Item #64 'DSP3.6'
; Item #65 'DSP4.1'
; Item #66 'DSP4.2'
; Item #67 'DSP4.3'
; Item #68 'DSP4.4'
; Item #69 'DSP4.5'
; Item #70 'DSP4.6'
; Item #71 'ASRC1L'
; Item #72 'ASRC1R'
; Item #73 'ASRC2L'
; Item #74 'ASRC2R'
; Item #75 'ISRC1INT1'
; Item #76 'ISRC1INT2'
; Item #77 'ISRC1INT3'
; Item #78 'ISRC1INT4'
; Item #79 'ISRC1DEC1'
; Item #80 'ISRC1DEC2'
; Item #81 'ISRC1DEC3'
; Item #82 'ISRC1DEC4'
; Item #83 'ISRC2INT1'
; Item #84 'ISRC2INT2'
; Item #85 'ISRC2INT3'
; Item #86 'ISRC2INT4'
; Item #87 'ISRC2DEC1'
; Item #88 'ISRC2DEC2'
; Item #89 'ISRC2DEC3'
; Item #90 'ISRC2DEC4'
; Item #91 'ISRC3INT1'
; Item #92 'ISRC3INT2'
; Item #93 'ISRC3INT3'
; Item #94 'ISRC3INT4'
; Item #95 'ISRC3DEC1'
; Item #96 'ISRC3DEC2'
; Item #97 'ISRC3DEC3'
; Item #98 'ISRC3DEC4'
: values=16
numid=291,iface=MIXER,name='AIF2TX2 Input 1 Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=48,step=0
: values=32
| dBscale-min=-32.00dB,step=1.00dB,mute=0A little late to the discussion - I got volumio up and running and love it, but I clearly need to upgrade my dac to the wolfson card.
I’d like to avoid line level commands if I can as it is not a strength for me - is the a version of volumio to flash that makes it as easy as the original 1.5 that I have running now?
Thanks all.
George
Sorry , I tried to upload the output of the SPDIF playback script as a file attachment, but it didn’t work.
So it seems that the best approach at this point would be to use Volumio 1.4 with the Wolfson code already included by one of hte posters here?
No support for 1.5 and spdif outputs?
Thanks
Well, there seems to be a problem with m3m3nto’s latest (1.5) image in terms of support for the SPDIF output. I don’t think we know yet why that is. It may be a simple fix. His 1.4 image certainly does support SPDIF output, so you could go with that and watch developments.
Thanks Tyres.
I will take the plunge this weekend.
Is there going to be ‘official’ support for the Wolfson Card from Volumio at any point soon? I can’t ssh into my Pi to put in the code as instructed above. There seems to be some kind of permissions issue when doing so from Terminal on a Mac and I just keep getting a permission denied message.
I heard what the Wolfson can do on my Pi B (for about 3 minutes!) using RuneAudio and plying music via Airport, but it refused to index my USB music (it’s on a 128GB SD card), even after being left for over 12 hrs. Airport broke the second time I tried to use it. So for the moment at least, RuneAudion doesn’t seem to be a viable option. I prefer the Volumio interface and the software seems really reliable too, but at least for the moment, I can’t hear what it can do with the Wolfson.
So I’m using my Pi B+/ HifiBerry DAC+ in combination with Volumio for most of my listening at the moment - it’s brilliant! Congratulations and thanks to all concerned.
But I’d really like to be able to hear what the Wolfson card can do with Volumio too. To my ears (and albeit very briefly!) it sounded even better. I’d love for it to be officially supported by Volumio. Is this going to happen?
m3m3nto did say, in a post at the bottom of page 11 of this forum;
So it may happen.
Re entering commands into a terminal to set up the Wolfson, can you not boot up the Raspi while connected to a TV or monitor, and use a ‘local’ terminal on the Raspi to enter commands? Thus by-passing the problem connecting via SSH from the Mac to the Raspi?
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it and it works. The Wolfson sounds great via Airplay! However, when I tried to set up Spotify, it didn’t work, even with several MPD database refreshes. When I created a static IP address and did a reboot, everything went wrong again and trying to fire up the Wolfson drivers didn’t help and Airplay stopped working.
I can see that this has the potential to be a brilliant implementation of Volumio and the sound from the Wolfson is frankly amazing! But at the moment it is still quite unstable and I wlll be sticking to Volumio 1.5 for HifiBerry.
I am in absolutely no position to criticise - I have very little clue what I’m doing and have enormous respect for what those involved in the Volumio project have already achieved. The implementation on HifiBerry products seems to be pretty much perfect with 1.5 and it’s probably being greedy wanting Volumio to support the Wolfson card as well. But even after hearing it for just a few minutes, I am really surprised by how good it sounds. It would be amazing to have it fully functioning on Volumio 1.5.
Can’t help you with Spotify, i’m afraid. it’s not something I use myself. I’ve seen comments from Mac owners before, experiencing problems trying to use the Raspi with Volumio (and before that with Raspyfi, the predecessor to Volumio). Not sure what the problem is though.
From what I’ve heard the HifiBerry works very well with the Pi/Volumio combination.
Folks,
I’m going to be flashing the card this evening when I return from work. Just because I am very good at messing things up - would you mind referencing the latest Volumio image (1.4 I believe) that has the support for teh woflson card.
I want to make sure that I download the right one - by the way I have no problem with space so I can use the best image regardless of size.
Thank you!
You mean say where it is? Both of m3m3nto’s images (1.4 and 1.5) seem to be in the Volumio repository repo.volumio.org/m3m3nto/
That’s what I needed - thanks.
I downloaded version m3m3nto’s img for version 1.4 and I can’t get it to work. Seems like different problems each time.
Last night the gui worked until I changed the mixer in settings to software - then it crashed after a minute or so.
Today I re-flashed the card and it still crashes regulary - also the web radio page doesn’t populate.
Any ideas what to try next?
Thanks all,
George
i tried re-downloading the image and re-flashing but I get the same problem - I can’t do anything with the GUI without it disconnecting from the pi - I have to re-boot to re-acquire the connection.
At this point I’m stumped.
Another experiment - trying to get the wolfson card to work. I tried m3’s 1.5 version. This one is very stable - no crashes, however it is missing the transport controls on the playback screen
So basically I can load a song but not start or stop it from playing.
Hello all,
I’m verry sorry for those problems.
I’m using 1.5 regularly without any problems, and I can’t figure out why you have.
It’s really difficoult to debug some problems without the possibility to reproduce them.
Would you please post some other infos? For example the output of dmesg
Those problems with the wolfson would be soldev if those guys
github.com/raspberrypi/linux/pull/705
will decide to merge wolfson drivers in the mainline kernel.
I’m not a kernel hacker, and I’m not able to do it by myself 
This audio card is really a good piece of hardware but without good software support.
This week end I’ll try to recompile the image starting from the official 1.5.1 version.
Bye bye!!