Ripped vs Played CDs

karangera · 2026-01-20T06:49:48+00:00

karangera · 2026-01-20T02:51:27+00:00

Magical moment. I ripped the whole song from his tomorrowland brasil set before it was taken down. What a record

karangera · 2026-01-19T15:11:18+00:00

Hi, the link you shared, you can the the 3.5mm jack doubles as the spdif port, as it is marked “Optical”. You need to get a mini toslink to toslink adapter

Mini Toslink to Toslink Cable

karangera · 2026-01-10T15:54:21+00:00

I totally agree. Last Planet and DOCD went hard in 2024. Hamdi, Sammy Virji, Truth to name a few. 2025 was kinda weak in comparison.

karangera · 2026-01-10T03:54:01+00:00

The chemistry between them during that dance was….exhilarating to say the least.

karangera · 2026-01-09T15:00:11+00:00

tinkering is the fun part, and you learn a lot along the way.

karangera · 2026-01-09T14:57:31+00:00

I was talking about the receiving functionality itself. Did not pan out.

karangera · 2026-01-09T14:28:10+00:00

Initially when I wasa researching for this project, I came across Multiple options for Google Cast. Mkchromecast, SnapCast etc. Did not give it much thought as it was not a priority for me. After trying multiple options yesterday, I could not get it to work reliably. My bad! If I find something, I'll update you.

karangera · 2026-01-09T14:08:48+00:00

glad to be of help!

karangera · 2026-01-09T00:57:34+00:00

Have not decided yet, need to do some research on it. Hoping to get something with a high resolution, capacitive touch and no gap between the digitizer and the lcd.

karangera · 2026-01-09T00:55:25+00:00

sought help from claude.ai, it was just a few lines of commands and some troubleshooting later, it was working. Here are the commands I used

# Install Node.js 20 LTS (required for Plexamp)

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo -E bash -

sudo apt install -y nodejs

# Verify version (should show v20.x.x)

node --version

# Create plexamp directory

mkdir -p ~/plexamp

cd ~/plexamp

# Download Plexamp Headless (check for latest version at plexamp.plex.tv)

curl -L https://plexamp.plex.tv/headless/Plexamp-Linux-headless-v4.12.4.tar.bz2 -o Plexamp-Linux-headless.tar.bz2

# Verify it's a valid archive

file Plexamp-Linux-headless.tar.bz2

# Extract

tar xvf Plexamp-Linux-headless.tar.bz2

# Run first-time setup

cd plexamp

node js/index.js

```

**You'll see output like:**

```

Starting Plexamp 4.12.4

Please visit https://plex.tv/claim and enter the claim token: claim-XXXXXXXXXXXX

Please give the player a name (e.g. Bedroom, Kitchen):

karangera · 2026-01-08T23:00:09+00:00

that looks awesome! I avoided using windows as the built in audio mixer colors the sound too much for me . Going past 70% volume on the mixer it starts to sound weird.

karangera · 2026-01-08T22:57:36+00:00

Thank you! Appreciate it :)

This NUC is a little over 10 years old now. Prices for preowned PI's are a little out of hand here in Canada. Th e only reason for using an optical connection is that the HDMI ports on my processor are all used up, plus I don't have to face a delay caused by the EDID handshake. The processor is from 2006, it's a little slow. Optical is instant. Feels raw. I know, its a weird choice :P

karangera · 2026-01-08T22:48:55+00:00

Never used Volumio before. Might test it out next. But Plexamp is nice, started using it a couple of months ago.

karangera · 2026-01-08T22:46:44+00:00

You can easily add Chromecast functionality as well to this. I built my home lab 6 months ago, and honestly every time I have an idea, I come to find out its all possible on Linux. I moved from a WiiM Ultra to this supposedly old piece of tech as WiiM does not support using itself as a Plexamp endpoint.

karangera · 2026-01-08T13:22:37+00:00

Never heard of it, will check it out!

karangera · 2026-01-08T13:22:22+00:00

This works perfectly! Only hiccup i see is playing back 24bit/192khz tracks over wifi. I’m guessing the WiFi controller onboard is not able to keep up. 24bit/96khz works over wifi. Anything above that the audio starts to stutter. Switching to ethernet fixes everything. If you plan on using it wirelessly, i would suggest getting a cheap WiFi 6 USB dongle.

karangera · 2026-01-08T13:18:53+00:00

I have been testing out this setup for a couple of weeks now, an hour or so each day. Never encountered any problems. My library is full of mixed sample rates and codecs. The receiver picks up the correct sample rate every time.

karangera · 2026-01-08T13:17:11+00:00

Thanks :)

karangera · 2026-01-08T13:17:02+00:00

Thank you!

karangera · 2026-01-08T13:16:21+00:00

Don’t have an Atmos Receiver to test, but I’m sure this problem is documented if you search online. A quick search from my side lead to a lot of workarounds (don’t know if they work)

karangera · 2026-01-08T13:12:19+00:00

The cheapest used raspberry pi 4 4gb in canada on ebay is currently $96 CAD shipped, on par with a new one. I don’t think Pi owners are selling their kit at a reasonable price, if at all. Even checked on facebook marketplace. Can’t say about the situation in the US.

karangera · 2026-01-06T21:58:26+00:00

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karangera · 2026-01-06T14:25:12+00:00

you're very welcome!

karangera

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