RoPieee - plays but no audio / then gets stuck

Audio Gear Talk RoPieee
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Hi all,

I’ve been using a RoPieee pretty seamless for years as an endpoint until the last month or so.

I’ve got a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2 running latest stable RoPieee 2025.10.2 (2898), it connects via USB to my Oppo UDP-205 and Wi-Fi to my network.

I’m getting instances where:

  • I start the song playing, it seems like it’s playing but no audio.
  • I press pause / start and the song continues but no audio
  • If I stop, and select another song I then start to get an error “Starting playback on your audio device. This may take a moment!” but nothing happens.

I’ve re-flashed a separate micro SD card and put it in, and I get the same issue. Not sure what’s going on…

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@Akerow,
Personally I would suggest that the error is rather on your DAC than on RoPieee. Have you restarted your DAC by unplugging the mains power, waiting a few minutes, and plugging it back in to the mains?
If that doesn’t help, I think you best sent a feedback to Spockfish, so he can analyse what is going wrong.
To send a feedback, logon to the RoPieee via a browser and go to the tab “Advanced” and click at the bottom on “send feedback”. Now you can post the feedback-identifier you receive, here in the chat. Don’t forget to add Spockfish to the threat, as he is the only person who can analyse the feedback.
Kind regards, Frank.

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Thanks, I’ve dropped the feedback - the unique identifier is 8b433b7097e25b64

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@spockfish
Hi Harry, Is it possible to you to check why his DAC is not playing correctly?
His feedback: 8b433b7097e25b64
Kind regards, Frank.

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I’ve been playing a bit more:

  • Updated to latest firmware on Oppo UDP-205
  • Multiple reboots
  • Hard reset of settings
  • Plugged out power
  • New USB Ugreen cable

… I’m out of ideas, I’ve put an order in for a WiiM Ultra and will see what the issue is. Really hope it isn’t the Oppo 205!

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The logs show that the Oppo connects, but disconnects very quickly again.

So this has nothing to do with playing, the Oppo is not even connecting properly (or more precise: stays connected).

Have you looked into cables? Because this could very well be a faulty USB cable.

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Hi, thank you for the response. I’ve tried a new USB cable - UGREEN USB Printer Cable Braided Printing Cord Type A to B 2.0 Male Scanner Lead High Speed Compatible with Epson, Brother, HP, Lexmark, Dell, Xerox Printers, Piano, DAC 1M : Amazon.com.au: Computers. No luck unfortunately. After the further changes mentioned above, I’m struggling to get it to connect at all now. I’ve connected up a WiiM Ultra in replacement of the RoPieee and not having any luck. Makes me sad that the 205 is playing up :frowning: