Download the package which has been built specifically with PulseAudio support as the latest release does not include it at the moment 12sudo wget http://www.gyfgafguf.dk/temp/forked-daapd_24.1.54~rc9-1_armhf.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/forked-daapd_24.1.54~rc9-1_armhf.deb sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/forked-daapd_24.1.54~rc9-1_armhf.deb Running the second line should install Forked-DAAPD, but because we’re missing some dependancies it will fail. To overcome this simply run 1sudo apt-get install -f
Before I get round to setting up Forked-DAAPD on my Pi, I’ll need to get Bluetooth audio working. First we’ll install PulseAudio and the Bluetooth Module 1sudo apt-get install pulseaudio pulseaudio-module-bluetooth Grant many permissions to pulseaudio and audio by adding the root and pi users to the following groups 123456sudo adduser pi pulse sudo adduser
Sonos are, I’m sure, great. Denon’s HEOS systems appear to be a worthy contender too. But what if you want to play music from your personal collection or spotify into multiple rooms without spending a small fortune? For bonus points I also wanted to be able to have the possibility of some control from OpenHAB
Background I recently bought an Intel Cherryville SSD for my N54L Microserver. The though was that by having a solid-state drive with my OS installed I’d be able to let the 3Tb WD Red drive spin down when it’s not serving media via Plex in order to reduce noise and power consumption. The four hard
I’m a great fan of the ESP8266. It’s a great little Arduino chip with WiFi built in. I’m only using the ESP-01 at the moment with just two GPIO ports, but that’s enough for a temperature sensor using MQTT to ping data back over the network. To programme the ESP8266 I used my Arduino Uno
When I had my Laguna, one of the parts I wanted to integrate with the CarPC was the manufacturer’s steering wheel controls. It turned out to be very simple using a £10 USB Numpad from Tesco. Here’s a picture of the circuit inside the control arm You’ll notice not many wires and a rotary position
How to configure the Rasperry Pi Zero and OpenHAB 1.8.1 Setting up the Pi Download Raspian Jessie from here. I used the lite version as it’s quicker to boot and we can do all the needed config via SSH Use Win32DiskImager to burn the image to your SD Card. Full details on the Raspberry Pi site. Boot
