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Tim, So far your audio player is working great on my RPi3. Only problem is I don't use it very often (maybe 1 time per week or less). It appears to disconnect from my network when not in use. To get it back online I disconnect the power to my RPi3, reconnect the power and then it appears in my router network map and JRMC22. Is there some way I can stop it from dropping the wifi connection when not in use? Thank you in advance. Brad

Tim, I unplugged my RPi, plugged it back in again and captured the following log: login as: pi [email protected]'s password: Linux 4.4.30-v7+ J-Lite Core, armv7l Architecture __ ____ ____ __ _ ___ ___ ___/ /__ / __ \/ __/ / ' \/ _ \/ _ \/ _ / -_) /_/ /\ \ /_/_/_/\___/\___/\_,_/\__/\____/___/ moodeOS Version 1.1 dual-kernel © 2016 Tim Curtis moodeOS is based on Debian GNU/Linux and is custom factored for Moode Audio Player. moodeOS and Moode Audio Player are provided for free by the copyright holders and contributors and come with no expressed or implied warranties or any other guarantees. Last login: Fri Jan 20 20:57:58 2017 from bradssurfacepro4.web-pass.com pi@moode:~ $ cat var/log/moode.log cat: var/log/moode.log: No such file or directory pi@moode:~ $ cat /var/log/moode.log 20170121 120733 worker: Startup 20170121 120735 worker: Host (moode) 20170121 120735 worker: Hdwr (Pi-3B 1GB) 20170121 120735 worker: Arch (armv7l) 20170121 120735 worker: Kver (4.4.30-v7+) 20170121 120735 worker: Ktyp (Standard) 20170121 120735 worker: Gov (ondemand) 20170121 120735 worker: OS (moodeOS 1.1) 20170121 120735 worker: Rel (Moode 3.1 2016-12-05) 20170121 120735 worker: Upd (None) 20170121 120735 worker: MPD () 20170121 120735 worker: Session loaded 20170121 120735 worker: Debug logging (on) 20170121 120735 worker: File check... 20170121 120735 worker: File check ok 20170121 120736 worker: Auto-shuffle deactivated 20170121 120736 worker: USB sources (none attached) 20170121 120736 worker: MPD scheduler policy (time-share) 20170121 120736 worker: MPD started 20170121 120736 worker: wlan0 exists 20170121 120736 worker: wlan0 trying SSID (BradsNetN) 20170121 120736 worker: UPnP renderer started 20170121 120736 worker: HDMI port off 20170121 120736 worker: Audio (I2S audio device) 20170121 120736 worker: Audio (HIFI Digi+) 20170121 120736 worker: ALSA outputs unmuted 20170121 120736 worker: ALSA mixer name (Digital) 20170121 120736 worker: MPD volume control (software) 20170121 120736 openMpdSocket(): could not connect to MPD 20170121 120736 readMpdResponse() error: fgets() fail due to socket being timed out or PHP/MPD connection failure 20170121 120736 readMpdResponse() $resp: () 20170121 120736 worker: 20170121 120736 worker: 20170121 120737 worker: Hdwr volume controller not detected 20170121 120737 worker: Volume level (0) restored 20170121 120737 worker: wlan0 (192.168.1.143) 20170121 120737 worker: eth0 exists 20170121 120737 worker: eth0 address not assigned 20170121 120737 worker: NAS sources (none configured) 20170121 120737 readMpdResponse() error: fgets() fail due to socket being timed out or PHP/MPD connection failure 20170121 120737 readMpdResponse() $resp: () 20170121 120737 worker: MPD consume reset to off 20170121 120737 worker: MPD crossfade (off) 20170121 120737 readMpdResponse() error: fgets() fail due to socket being timed out or PHP/MPD connection failure 20170121 120737 readMpdResponse() $resp: () 20170121 120737 worker: Watchdog started 20170121 120737 worker: End startup 20170121 120737 worker: Ready 20170121 120737 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 120743 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 120749 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 120755 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 120802 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 120808 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 120817 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 120823 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 120829 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20170121 121321 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 121327 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 121334 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 121340 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 121346 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 121352 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 121358 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 121404 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 121411 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 121417 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 121423 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 121429 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 121435 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 121441 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 121447 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 121453 watchdog: MPD restarted 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watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 121638 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 121644 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170121 121650 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) pi@moode:~ $ It's long but it looks more in keeping with the sample log you posted. What do you think I need to do to connect Moode Audio to JRMC22? This is new to me and I really appreciate your patience and support. Brad

I can't figure out how to produce a log that looks anything like yours. I cleared the log and tried again and I get the same thing. I'm logged into pi@moode:~ whereas you appear to be logged into pi@rp3:~. Is that the issue? Any ideas? Thanks. Brad

20170120 204110 engine-mpd: Connect 20170120 204110 engine-mpd: Session loaded 20170120 204110 openMpdSocket(): could not connect to MPD 20170120 204110 engine-mpd: Connection to mpd failed 20170120 204113 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204119 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204125 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204131 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204137 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204143 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204149 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204156 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204202 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204208 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204214 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204220 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204226 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204232 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204238 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204244 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204251 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204257 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204303 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204309 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204315 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204321 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204327 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 204334 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) pi@moode:~ $

Tim, I'm running Moode Audio on my RPi3B. I have a HiFiBerry Digi+ card installed. Down stream the RPi is connected to my DAC via an optical cable and up stream I'm trying unsuccessfully to connect it via WiFi to my Windows Server 2012 R2 running JRiver MC22. I keep getting the following error message: "mpd-config: connection to mpd failed" I took your suggestion from earlier posts and rebooted Moode Audio and below is my log. 20170120 200712 engine-mpd: Connect 20170120 200712 engine-mpd: Session loaded 20170120 200712 openMpdSocket(): could not connect to MPD 20170120 200712 engine-mpd: Connection to mpd failed 20170120 200713 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 200715 engine-mpd: Connect 20170120 200715 engine-mpd: Session loaded 20170120 200715 openMpdSocket(): could not connect to MPD 20170120 200715 engine-mpd: Connection to mpd failed 20170120 200718 engine-mpd: Connect 20170120 200718 engine-mpd: Session loaded 20170120 200718 openMpdSocket(): could not connect to MPD 20170120 200718 engine-mpd: Connection to mpd failed 20170120 200719 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 200726 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 200732 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 200738 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) 20170120 200744 watchdog: MPD restarted (check syslog for SEGV) How do I get Moode Audio on my RPi to communicate with JRMC22 over WiFi?

Cebolla, Thanks for the great thoughts. I installed Moode Audio. It's running but it doesn't play music. I keep getting MPD failed. I'm not familiar with this. Any thoughts on how to get MPD to work? Thanks. Brad

Can someone please help me? When I change tracks it takes approximately 13 seconds for the new song to start playing. I feel it should be virtually instantaneous. Does anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this latency issue? Below are the facts surrounding my situation: Music is stored on an HDD in a computer running Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials 64-bit Operating System (Server) The Server runs an Intel Core i5-2405S @ 2.5GHz processor with 8GB RAM Music is primarily FLAC format files ranging from 16/44.1 to 24/192 JRiver Media Center 22 is running on the Server The Server is connected to a Linksys WRT1900ACS wireless router A Raspberry Pi 3 Model B with HiFiBerry Digi+ card is connected to the Server in another room via 802.11N wireless LAN The RasPi3 is running Volumio 2.031 The Digi+ card is connected to an Emotiva Stealth DC-1 DAC via a 24" long optical cable and the DAC is connected to a pair of Emotiva Airmotiv 6S powered monitor speakers via balanced XLR cables I can play songs in my music library (i) wirelessly from a Nexus 9 (Google Android) tablet running the JRemote app or (ii) via Remote Desktop (wired Ethernet connection) onto the Server to play tracks via JRMC. Either way I get the same result, when I am listening to a song and I select a new song it takes roughly 13 seconds before the new song starts to play. Something of interest to note is when I am listening to a playlist of multiple songs there is no gap or latency between the playback of songs. I noticed there is no impact to the latency between songs with higher or lower resolution music. I have made countless playback option changes in Volumio with no chage to the latency issue. Any suggestions on how to fix the latency or even troubleshoot it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your consideration.

On January 8, 2010 Asus released a new Windows 7 driver for the Xonar Essence ST PCI audio card. Do you know if this new driver will provide bit perfect output? Below is a link to the Asus web page with the driver. http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx Thanks.

Thanks Mr. C. Those are both good ideas. Another one I thought of was to try and bypass the music bridge completely with a network USB adapter that would act as a bridge from my ethernet cable to the USB input on the DacMagic. However, I'm not sure how this will show up in MediaMonkey when I try to select a soundcard to output music to. Does anyone have any thoughts?

I have learned a great deal from your site Chris. I have followed many of your suggestions but I am at a point of frustration trying to link my pc to my home theater and I need your advice. First of all, my music is stored on an HP Media Smart Windows Home Server in FLAC, WMA variable rate, and WMA lossless, all primarily at a bit depth of 16 and sample rate of 44.1. I have an old Dell Dimension 8100 in my garage running Win XP Pro SP3 and Media Monkey Gold. I leave the Dell on 24/7 and control it via Remote Desktop from computers within my LAN. I also control it via imonkey from my iphone and I am tying out Signal on my iphone as well. My garaged Dell is connected to my LAN over ethernet through a Linksys gigabit router and Dell gigabit switch. On the stereo side I have a new Integra DTR-9.9 A/V receiver that is driving 4 pairs of speakers throughout my house through zone 2 of the receiver. Because zone 2 only accepts analog inputs I purchased the Cambridge Audio DacMagic to convert my digital music to analog before going into the DTR-9.9. The DacMagic is connected to the DTR-9.9 with rca cables. The weak link in my system is between my computer and the DacMagic. I am currently using an Airlink101 AWMB100 music bridge. It is connected next to the DacMagic via a toslink cable. The music bridge is connected to my computer in the garage via ethernet structured wiring throughout my house. The Airlink music bridge converts 16/44.1 input to 24/48 output, whether I want it to or not. The Airlink is a low cost product ($29 at Fry's) and I don't trust it's up conversion so I installed the Direct Sound Output V2.2.2 SSRC plugin for MediaMonkey to convert all my music to 24/48 before it leaves my computer. This works but I wish my music was passed through to the DacMagic with no conversion. The Airlink Music Bridge uses a C-Media network audio driver which shows up in the Direct Sound Output configuration menu. I tried using ASIO but the C-Media driver did not show up in the MediaMonkey ASIO output plugin configuration menu. Actually, no drivers showed up under the ASIO configuration menu. I heard a lot of good things about ASIO but couldn't get it to see any soundcard drivers. I first connected the media bridge directly to my garage pc and set it up. Then I moved it inside my house and connected it to the ethernet input and toslink output to the DacMagic and it worked surprisingly well. That is until the network connection was interrupted. When that happened the C-Media driver no longer showed up in my MediaMonkey output configuration menu. When I run the Airlink utility I get the following rundll error "shell32.dll, control_rundll cmcnfgw.cpl". I have not heard back from Airlink tech support on how to resolve this. I don't like the reliability of the media bridge or the way it forces all media to be converted to 24/48 or the lack of support for ASIO drivers. However, I do like the fact that any file format can pass through the media bridge and control all comes from MedaiMonkey and not some software on the media bridge. Do you have a suggestion or two for me to replace my current media bridge? If my input into the music bridge was firewire or usb there would be a lot choices but there seem to be very few for ethernet input and I'm not sure if I should try to convert to another form of input. I know you recommend the Lynx AES16PCI sound card but that doesn't work for me because my computer is a hundred feet away from my DacMagic and the only cables between the two are coax and ethernet. I could move my computer close to the DacMagic but my AV system where the DacMagic is located is in a Middle Atlantic rack in a confined area without enough space for a full height computer case. I am hoping I can avoid sinking money into another computer with a rackmount form factor. Thank you for your consideration. Brad