Empty media library after installing brutefir3 plugin

[hoernix]

Hi, I use volumio v2.773 on RPI3B+ with hifiberry digi+ pro and music files on a NAS. When I install brutefir plugin from May 12th (as the latest version won't work with current publicly available volumio version) my NAS media library is empty and cannot be recreated/refreshed. I cannot play files even if I select them by browsing the directory tree directly.

When I uninstall brutefir plugin and reboot, the library is still empty but I can fresh it.

Please find logs here: http://logs.volumio.org/volumio/3xjETlh.html

Is this the same issue as in #255?

Which plugin version do you recommend to use with volumio 2.773?

Regards Markus

[balbuze]

hi! I suggest you to test with a previous version: plugin as there is still some problem...

[ogroot]

Had this similar problem with Brutefir. And was able to create a 'workaround'. See my solution: https://forum.volumio.org/music-library-empty-after-reboot-raspberry-volumio-t14413.html

[balbuze]

@ogroot : for info, with last version, volume mixer is properly displayed now in UI, but it requires Volumio >= 2.776 Curious to see how it behaves with your NAS problem...and your DAC

[ogroot]

I will try this soon, when I have some time

[hoernix]

Thank you for the quick reply, but I get the same behavior with the plugin version you pointed me to, see http://logs.volumio.org/volumio/IAabYUA.html

@ogroot thank you for the workaround, I gave it a try but it didn't work

[balbuze]

I made a change in last version of the plugin to restart mpd. feel free to test with a dev version of volumio

[hoernix]

Thanks for providing a fix. I will see how to install a dev version, when I have some time.

[hoernix]

I retested the latest plugin version with volumio 2.777 but still get the same issue

[balbuze]

Damn! can try "volumio vrestart" please via ssh?

[hoernix]

Tried volumio vrestart but got the same result. Logs: http://logs.volumio.org/volumio/RmPZURL.html BTW it is not just that the music library is empty, it is also not possible to recreate it and I do not see the spinner while updating library. But update still seems to run in the background as the library reappeared after what felt like 10min. Then I did a restart via UI and the library was gone again

[balbuze]

Sorry for that. I pull out from dust a rpi2 and an i2s Dac. I expect the same behaviour. It will be easier if I could reproduce the issue...

[ictin]

I have a somewhat related issue, in the sense that I don't see the media library sometimes. But this is due to the fact that volumio is losing the connection to mpd. Somehow after I install the DSP plugin, the mpd is starting to behave strangely. First, is taking a long time to start, something like 1-2 minutes. Then I can see a lot of connections in the mpd.log, sometimes over 50 connections (I modified the mpd.conf to get more than the default 20) until I get Max connections reached. And sometimes, I only get one connection to mpd, but then volumio is not connecting to mpd.

Without the DSP plugin everything is fine, but after I install it on a fresh volumio 2.779 install, even if I disable it or uninstall it, the mpd stays in this weird state. My box is a tinkerboard.

[balbuze]

it is very weird as the plugin does not modifiy mpd.conf Btw, can you try to modify /volumio/app/plugins/music_service/mpd/mpd.conf.tmpl and add # at the beginning of each following lines: please make a copy in order to be able to restore. If it goes very wrong volumio updater restorevolumio `

Resource Limitations

connection_timeout "60"

max_connections "20"

max_playlist_length "81920"

max_command_list_size "81920"

max_output_buffer_size "81920"

###############################################################################`

Then save and do volumio vrestart let me know

[hoernix]

FYI: I installed plugin v1.8.3 in volumio 2.779 and by some unknown magic everything worked after the initial restart. For now, I will just keep the system running and enjoy the music ;-)

[balbuze]

;-)

[ictin]

With that change to mpd.conf.tmpl, I have the same issue. It is somehow better as if I comment everything except max connections I don't get so often over 50 connection, I can see that some of them are closed. The only workaround was to put the mpd.conf.tmpl max connections to 1000. And this is working for 80% of the cases. I still got the slow start, but at least is working

Here is an example of the slow start. More that 2 minutes to start:

volumio 10226 0.0 0.0 1444 320 ? S 19:19 0:00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/sudo /bin/systemctl restart mpd.service root 10227 0.0 0.1 4400 2276 ? S 19:19 0:00 /usr/bin/sudo /bin/systemctl restart mpd.service root 10232 0.0 0.0 3308 1484 ? S 19:19 0:00 /bin/systemctl restart mpd.service volumio 10235 0.0 0.0 1444 368 ? S 19:19 0:00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/sudo /bin/systemctl restart mpd.service root 10241 0.0 0.1 4400 2296 ? S 19:19 0:00 /usr/bin/sudo /bin/systemctl restart mpd.service root 10248 0.0 0.0 3308 1448 ? S 19:19 0:00 /bin/systemctl restart mpd.service mpd 10255 1.4 1.1 146176 23744 ? Dsl 19:19 0:01 /usr/bin/mpd --no-daemon volumio 10372 0.0 0.0 2084 548 pts/0 S+ 19:21 0:00 grep mpd

[ictin]

Hi, I have some updates. It seems that the issue is the snd_aloop module. If I try to start it on my tinkerboard with /usr/bin/sudo /sbin/modprobe snd_aloop index=7 pcm_substreams=2 the mpd will not work anymore correctly. I see this issue with may connections and the mpd is timing out most of the time at the start. I don't even need to select the output to the loopback. Just activating the snd_aloop will create this issue.

[balbuze]

What is the version of Volumio use use? What is your device?

[ictin]

My device is Asus tinkerboard and the volumio version was volumio 2.779

[hoernix]

why did you close this issue? was it fixed? or is this a "won't fix"? If that's the case, too bad as your brutefir plugin was the main reason I chose volumio. Guess I need to look somewhere else then ...

[balbuze]

hello ;-) Now news for month = no more problem = no more issue... If not the case, did you test last version available? If you really want to try something new : Remove the plugin reboot and set your DAC Update volumio to last dev version

cd /volumio
git checkout tw/modular_alsa
volumio vrestart

and install this plugin : brutefir modular_alsa by typing :

wget https://github.com/balbuze/volumio-plugins/raw/alsa_modular/plugins/audio_interface/brutefir3/brutefir.zip
mkdir ./brutefir
miniunzip brutefir.zip -d ./brutefir
cd ./brutefir
volumio plugin install
cd ..
rm -Rf brutefir*

let me know ;-)

[hoernix]

Hello, I was just waiting patiently for fix ;-). Today I updated to volumio 2.834 and installed DSP v1.8.9. Unfortunately after the recommended restart the system didn't startup. I was not able to login via ssh. So now I'm going to test a restore ;-)

I will test the steps you recommended next weekend, when I find some time

Thank you

[balbuze]

Hi you're not lucky as there's no reason the plugin affect the system... Have you tried to unplug the device?

[hoernix]

Hi, it was bad luck, the SD card died :-( Fresh install of volumio 2.834 and brutefir plugin 1.8.9, after volumio plugin install the script prints two times "Installation wird abgeschlossen" but does not exit. Pressed Ctrl C after 5 min Activated Plugin via UI and reboot, after restart media library is empty.

Anything I can do to help you fix this issue?

[balbuze]

after volumio plugin install the script prints two times "Installation wird abgeschlossen" but does not exit.

yes this a bug in volumio ;-) you have to enable the plugin in UI You can try the other plugin (see above) using the new modular_alsa