For more information and hardware used, see here:
https://github.com/odinb/bash-plexamp-installer/wiki
Assumes 64-bit capable Raspberry Pi HW and Raspberry Pi OS that is 64-bit.
Due to the change here: https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/config_txt.html
the script will no longer be backwards compatible with 11 (bullseye), and moving forward will only support 12 (bookworm).
Bullseye has a planned end-of-life end of summer/early fall: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases#Current_Releases.2FRepositories
This script will install nodeJS (currently NodeJS-20), install/upgrade/configure Plexamp-Linux-headless.
NOTE!
Last verified upgrade was to Plexamp-Linux-headless-v4.10.x.
If newer version is available, and there have been major changes like support for new NodeJS version, please be aware that it might be untested by me, and script might malfunction if any major changes have been made to the application or installation procedure, and installation might fail. Re-running script after script-update usually fixes this, but cannot be guaranteed.
If your card is not detected after upgrade & reboot (no audio) ("aplay -l" to check), please do hard reboot, and re-select the card via web-GUI. Now there should be audio!
Raspberry Pi Imager is the quick and easy way to install Raspberry Pi OS and other operating systems to a microSD card, ready to use with your Raspberry Pi.
Download and install Raspberry Pi Imager to a computer with an SD card reader. Put the SD card you'll use with your Raspberry Pi into the reader and run Raspberry Pi Imager.
Choose the Raspberry Pi OS (other):
Then Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit):
The advanced screen of Pi-imager:
Once done, unmount and insert card into Raspberry Pi and boot it.
SSH access on "DietPi OS" as user: dietpi/dietpi and as root: root/dietpi
NOTE!!! DietPi is best-effort, and might not work.
After SSH-ing to the SBC, on the "Raspberry Pi OS", change to root (sudo -i) and run script with:
bash <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/odinb/bash-plexamp-installer/main/install_Plexamp_pi.sh)
Note !! Only needed if fresh install, not if upgrading. Tokens are preserved during upgrade. After reboot, as your regular user please run the command:
node /home/USER/plexamp/js/index.js
where USER is your user, normally pi.
Now, go to the URL provided in response, and enter the claim token at prompt.
Please give the player a name at prompt (can be changed via Web-GUI later).
At this point, Plexamp is now signed in and ready, but not running!
Now, again as your user, run sudo systemctl enable plexamp.service && sudo systemctl restart plexamp.service to set plexamp to start on reboot, and to run it immediately.
Once done, the web-GUI should be available on "ip-of-plexamp-pi:32500" from a browser. On that GUI you will be asked to login to your Plex-account for security-reasons, and then choose a librabry where to fetch/stream music from.
Wherever possible, you should choose output device via the script (gets set in "/boot/config.txt") when installing, to make it default system-wide. If you have audio-problems, or want to choose output after install, go to the web-GUI. Here the menu is found via: Settings (cogwheel lower right corner) >> Playback >> Audio output >> Audio Device. As an example, if you have chosen the “ Digi/Digi+“ option during install in the script, pick “Default” if the card is not showing, then reboot the pi. Now the card will show up in the list, and you can choose it!
Now play some music! Or control it from any other instance of Plexamp.
The script can be re-run to fix configuration/setup errors, just say no/bypass the sections you do not want to re-run!
If there is a new version, and script has been updated, you can upgrade by re-running the script, and reboot.
For hostname-change, please make sure to reboot in-between, or you might face issues.
Q: The RPi will show up in my cast list. However the moment I select a song to play, it either keeps loading forever (black screen with loading circle) or it flips back to the album overview without starting the selected song. This is the case for all file types tried.
A:
Go into the plexamp settings (via the web UI) and select the right audio output device. Rebooting the RPi a second time sometimes also helps (or restarting/veirfying the PlexAmp service), this of course will only help if correct audio device is already chosen.
(sudo systemctl enable plexamp.service && sudo systemctl restart plexamp.service)
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Q: When starting Plexamp (4.3.0), I get this: Starting Plexamp 4.3.0 DEVICE: No provider for source 80df67e4336a1a1c9911d2b4b6b4133c9f7d4cab Any idea what this is about?
A: You need to choose your source, i.e. Plex server or TIDAL other. This can be done from the GUI.
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Q: I got an error during the first Plexamp install and start up:
Starting Plexamp 4.3.0
Please visit https://plex.tv/claim and enter the claim token: claim-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Please give the player a name (e.g. Bedroom, Kitchen): Marantz
DEVICE: Error loading cloud players from plex.tv HTTP status 403
A: That is not a bad thing per se, it just means you didn’t link any “cloud players”. See also: https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-headless-not-playing-music/809078/21
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Q: After upgrading to 4.4.0 (or later), I am getting "ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1075:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave".
A: Go to the GUI and re-select your Audio device under Settings (cogwheel lower right corner) >> Playback >> Audio output >> Audio Device. Reboot if it does not fix it, and verify setting is still there. If your device is missing, and reboot does not fix it, powercycle the RPi and try again.
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Q: Correct overlay has been configured, and hard reboot has been performed, but the system still doesn't load the driver.
A:
For Linux 5.4 and higher:
Disable the onboard EEPROM by adding: 'force_eeprom_read=0' to '/boot/config.txt'
However, this should not be needed for the PiFi HIFI DiGi+ Digital Sound Card found at: https://www.fasttech.com/p/5137000
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Q:
My HifiBerry card (or clone) is not detected after installation and reboot with aplay -l command, what could be wrong?
A1: Sometimes the card is not detected after upgrade, try doing a hard reboot, i.e. pull the power-cable for 10 seconds and then re-insert power to boot. Card should now be detected. If needed, go to: Settings (cogwheel lower right corner) >> Playback >> Audio output >> Audio Device and re-select your audio-card.
A2:
On your Raspberry Pi, run the following command: cat /proc/device-tree/model. If it says “Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5”, the HifiBerry card might not work as expected.
The new Pi release uses a new power management circuit that doesn’t ramp up the voltages as clean as all previous versions did. This results in an inconsistent state of the circuit and the HifiBerry card isn’t detected by the Pi anymore.
Note that this affects only the Digi+ Pro and Digi2 Pro (and some clones of these cards).
For more information: https://www.hifiberry.com/blog/digi2-pro-raspberry-pi-4-1-5-incompatibilities/ https://www.hifiberry.com/blog/compatibility-issues-of-the-digi2-pro-and-raspberry-pi-4-rev-1-5/ https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=329299
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