Let' start with installing tidal-connect-application on your SBC directly without docker:
These are the basic steps to create your tidal connect client:
install required shared libraries
download the repository
adjust the systemd service description
copy everything to the final directories
start the tidal connect client
install required shared libraries
the binaries rely on the presence of some required libraries:
libssl1.0.0
libportaudio2
libflac++6v5
libssl1.0.0
go to /etc/apt add following line in sources.list
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security jessie/updates main
then update apt and install libssl1.0.0
apt-get update
apt-get install libssl1.0.0*
libportaudio
run:
apt-get install libportaudio2*
libflac##6v5
run:
apt-get install libflac++6v5*
more shared libraries for debian buster
In order to install the required libraries not present in buster you have to add the repositories for stretch in sources.list go to /etc/apt add following line in sources.list:
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main contrib non-free
Then install libavfromat57 and libcurl3. If you need libcurl4 you are in trouble because libcurl3 deinstall libcurl4.
libavformat57
apt-get install libavformat57
libcurl3
apt-get install libcurl3
download the repository
The install steps later on expects the downloaded files in a directory called /usr/ifi.
mkdir /usr/ifi
cd /usr/ifi
git clone https://github.com/seniorgod/ifi-tidal-release
adjust the systemd service description
the service description located in /usr/ifi/ifi-streamer-tidal-connect.service must be adapted to fit your needs. This means (more or less) to change the DAC device to that which is connected to your system
the systemd service description i use look like these:
[Unit]
Description=Tidal Connect Service*
[Service]
Restart=on-failure
ExecStart=/usr/ifi/ifi-tidal-release/bin/tidal_connect_application \
--tc-certificate-path "/usr/ifi/ifi-tidal-release/id_certificate/IfiAudio_ZenStream.dat" \
--netif-for-deviceid eth0 \
-f "DietPi stream to project“ \
--codec-mpegh true \
--codec-mqa false \
--model-name "DietPi Streamer" \
--disable-app-security false \
--disable-web-security false \
--enable-mqa-passthrough false \
--playback-device "Project RS USB Audio 2.0: - (hw:1,0)" \
--log-level 3
User=root
Group=root
RestartSec=1
KillMode=control-group*
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target*
What you have to do is to change the playback-device. The implementation relies on portaudio. It exist an application inside the repo, that list all audio devices connected to your computer. You have to copy the devices you want to use as playback-device to the config. As you can see. My DAC, means my playback-device is a PROJECT Audio RS DAC connected at (hw:1,0).
In order to get a list of your devices run a commnand included in the downloaded repo.
cd /usr/ifi
run:
ifi-tidal-release/pa_devs/run.sh
You get an output like this, from which you have to read the "name" of the DAC device you wish to use. While you are doing this the connected DAC must be plugged in and switched on.
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.atm7059_link.pcm.front.0:CARD=0'
ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM front
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.atm7059_link.pcm.surround51.0:CARD=0'
ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround21
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.atm7059_link.pcm.surround51.0:CARD=0'
ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround21
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.atm7059_link.pcm.surround40.0:CARD=0'
ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround40
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.atm7059_link.pcm.surround51.0:CARD=0'
ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround41
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.atm7059_link.pcm.surround51.0:CARD=0'
ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround50
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.atm7059_link.pcm.surround51.0:CARD=0'
ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround51
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.atm7059_link.pcm.surround71.0:CARD=0'
ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround71
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.atm7059_link.pcm.iec958.0:CARD=0,AES0=4,AES1=130,AES2=0,AES3=2'
ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM iec958
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.atm7059_link.pcm.iec958.0:CARD=0,AES0=4,AES1=130,AES2=0,AES3=2'
ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM spdif
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.atm7059_link.pcm.iec958.0:CARD=0,AES0=4,AES1=130,AES2=0,AES3=2'
ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM spdif
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.modem
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.modem
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.phoneline
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.phoneline
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server request channel
jack server is not running or cannot be started
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
The run command creates a file called devices inside the directory /usr/ifi/ifi-tidal-release/pa_devs. The content looks like this:
device#0=atm7059_link: - (hw:0,0)
device#1=atm7059_link: - (hw:0,1)
device#2=atm7059_link: - (hw:0,2)
device#3=Project RS USB Audio 2.0: - (hw:1,0)
device#4=sysdefault
device#5=dmix
device#6=default
Number of devices = 7
In the example above devices are listed from device#0 till device#6. Copy the whole name of the device you want to use and insert it as playback_device in the service description of systemd (see above).
copy everything to the final directories
In order to copy everything to the final destination run the deploy command which is included in the repo.
cd /usr/ifi
./ifi-tidal-release/file-deploy.sh
start the tidal connect client
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl start ifi-streamer-tidal-connect.service
Check the status
systemctl status ifi-streamer-tidal-connect.service
if you want to start the tidal-connect-service automatically run
systemctl enable ifi-streamer-tidal-connect.service
