HQPlayer OS Raspberry PI USB Input

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Hi I hoping someone can help me. Up until now Ive been using HQP on a Ubuntu server with Roon core and a Mutec MC-1.2 USB interface that allows me to connect my CD Transport. On the Ubuntu version of HQP you can select Mutec MC1.2 under the input selection. I want to move my HQP OS to a raspberry pi 4, but there is no input selection for Mutec MC1.2, nor is there as far as I can see an accessible hqplayerd.xml file to add the Mutec. How can I add USB input devices to the Raspberry Pi version of HQP OS.

btw I’m using this with HQP NAA that is built into my Gustard R26 dac

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Does the server portion run on a Pi, I thought only the endpoint software ran on it.

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HQP OS has been running on RPi4 for a long time now. Obviously limits to what it can do.

Jussi’s testing of RPi5 show much more capability but you need seriously good cooling to get the best of it.

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Yes there is an image specifically for Pi4 not for Pi5 yet but people have installed everything manually. I am only using PCM so the Pi5 will be sufficient. On the x86 Linux version there is a file called hqplayerd.xml which you can edit for inputs etc. on the Pi version there is a config file but shows nothing to do with inputs. Hoping someone may have an idea

Thanks

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The same hqplayerd.xml is there on the RPi4 HQP OS

Have you tried the same command?

nano /etc/hqplayer/hqplayerd.xml

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Ok So now I see, if there is a hqplayerd.xml file under /etc/hqplayer I can’t see it as I’m viewing it with the SD card in my laptop and I don’t have root privilege. I’m gonna have to enable ssh so I need to add a user and password. But I have to find a mini hdmi adapter to connect to monitor. TY! Lets see how I get on.

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OK I managed to edit the hqplayerd.xml file and add Mutec MC-1.2 to the inputs list. But now I can’t access the webpage. I’m guessing it doesn’t like what I added. Is an input on the x86 version the same as raspberry pi. This is what I added.

<input channels=“2” device=“hw:CARD=M20,DEV=0” name=“Mutec MC-1.2 @44.1k” nperiods=“4” period_time=“100” samplerate=“4100”

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Did you forget the end > to close the line

and webpage is IP:8088

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For this case with RPi4 input, using HifiBerry Digi+ I/O is better option. HifiBerry also sells a nice steel case for this combination.

On the side, you also gain USB audio input if you use HQPlayer OS or NAA OS.

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OK You were correct I did forget to close >. I added that but I still can’t access webpage. I will have to try again tomorrow I have to work early tomorrow morning. If you or anyone has anymore ideas I will try again… TY and very grateful for your help.

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Hi Thank you for your reply. At the moment I only have an old Denon broadcast transport with AES. So with that HifiBerry board I can directly connect a CD Transport to HQPlayer OS on a raspberry pi with either Toslink or Coax? Can I still up sample PCM to 76800KHz?

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For AES, you’d need a media converter to coaxial/optical S/PDIF. There are many such devices on the market.

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Thank you for your help. I bought the hifiberry hat and a used Bel Canto cd3t transport which has s/pdif and should be much higher quality. I was planning to upgrade but didn’t want to till I knew which route I was going to take. I was wondering though is it suggested to use the NAA built into my dac or ALSA usb output from the raspberry pi?

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I’m interested in this configuration, does NAA work “out of the box” with spdif input or some changes are needed? … the idea is to use NAA/rpi4/digi+ i/o for spdif input only (not usb input)
Thanks
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Does adding the right overlay to the config.txt file

dtoverlay=hifiberry-digi-pro

make the trick?

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I don’t think the network implementation in your DAC supports NAA protocol, so that’s not an option unless they add such support.

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Only thing you need is to add two lines to config.txt, rest is out of the box.

That overlay is output only, for the Digi+ I/O you need:

force_eeprom_read=0
dtoverlay=hifiberry-digi
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Thanks Jussi

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Hi Jussi,

I am trying to get a Toslink audio input to HQPlayer [WiiM Toslink → rpi4 with HiFiBerry Digi+ I/O -(ethernet) > HQPlayer embedded]. I can’t get it to work yet.

Details:

I am running HQPlayer 5 Embedded 5.5.0, and just got another rpi4 with HiFiBerry Digi+ I/O hat (with the metal case) to run NAA 5.0.0 on it.

I modified the NAA config.txt adding the overlay:
force_eeprom_read=0
dtoverlay=hifiberry-digi

In /etc/hqplayer/hqplayerd.xml, added

<input address=“naa-xxxx” device=“hifiberry-digi” ipv6=“1” name="NAA Toslink Audio"samplerate=“44100” short_buffer=“0” type=“network6”/>

When I select “NAA Toslink Audio” from Input, it seems to timeout.

Examining the log, it seems that HQPlayer found the “NAA Toslink Audio”, but have a message:

“NAA input clNetEngine::Connect(): initialize: clALSAEngine::Initialize();snd_pcm_open(): No such file or directory”

I must have done something wrong. Please advice.

Thanks.

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This should be “hw:CARD=sndrpihifiberry,DEV=0”

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Thank you, Jussi.

That did the trick.

Hao

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