For questions pertaining to the hardware and software necessary to play back audio.
Audio playback on the Raspberry Pi often involves adding a sound card (often by USB) and configuring ALSA.
Questions tagged [audio-playback]
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Install spotify on raspberry pi 3 and run it remotely
I try mopidy and runeaudio, but the interfaces seem odd to me.
I want to install the Spotify app on my Raspberry 3, and access music through a URL I can share with anyone connected to my wifi. Is that possible?
Ignacio
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How can I play locally stored music via an Alexa command?
I have a very basic programming understanding and I would like to be able to say to the Pi something like "Alexa, play Bottoms up" and she play it from the local SD card.
The tutorial I followed is from Instructables using AlexaPi to set up the…
Cody Braun
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Alternative to Bluetooth for streaming Audio via Raspberry to stereo
I stream audio via bluetooth to my Raspberry which is attached to my stereo.
Now, I'd like to have the same without bluetooth with IP only. (Basically to save the 5€ for a bluetooth dongle for a PC by investing hours in software configuration…
weberjn
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Using Raspberry Pi to capture police scanner audio
I want to take a Police Scanner, connect the headphone jack to a RaspberryPi, and capture the broadcasts that are received, so when the recording is played back it is just the transmissions, but maybe just about 5 seconds of gaps between the…
James Horn
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Pi using USB audio problems with mp3 files
The pi chromium browser has a page that plays short audio files. Audio out is through USB speakers that work nicely, and pass the speaker-test -c2
Two MP3 files work perfectly. A third file produces no sound output to the USB speakers.
When I…
dkrockville
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wav files play error on Jessie
Newbe here trying to learn Linux on Raspberry Pi 2B Jessie. While I can get the Front Center wave file to play with:
sudo aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
When I try to play my wave files I get one of two errors:
No such file or…
GranDy
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I simply want to be able to programmatically change the audio of a video to use headphones and not hdmi. Is this possible?
I tried
amixer cset numid=3 1
but I get
amixer: Cannot find the given element from control default
I tested the headphones with
speaker-test -t sine -f 440 -c 2 -s 1
and hear the sound through the headphones and not the tv so I know the hardware…
deanresin
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What might be causing "Failed to open ALSA device" errors when using a DAC board?
The equipment
I'm using:
Raspberry Pi Zero W
Allo BOSS DAC board
Volumio music player software
official Raspberry Pi PSU
I've tried more than one official Raspberry Pi PSU as well as other PSUs.
The problem
After a few days without issue,…
Daniele Procida
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Cannot Find 'play' command in terminal
I am trying to add sound effects to live audio on a Raspberry Pi.
I can succesfully do the same in terminal on my Mac using the following command.
play "|rec -d overdrive 30 tremolo 50 50”
However when I enter 'play' in terminal I receive the…
Bill Harvey
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