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Free and open source Hi-Fi digital music player, runeaudio, volumio
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=4077985

What is Free and open source Hi-Fi digital music player

Is a free and Open Source Linux Distribution, designed and fine-tuned exclusively for music playback. It runs on a variety of devices, typically small and cheap computers like the Raspberry PI , VOLUMIO FOR ASUS TINKERBOARD, but also on low power PCs, notebooks or thin clients.
By flashing (installing) Volumio on any of this platforms, it will then become an headless Audiophile Music Player. Headless means that the only way to control it will be with another Mobile phone, computer or tablet.

This is made possible by web UI: a web applications that runs on any device with a browser, and that allows an easy and intuitive control of your playback sessions. All communications beetween the webapp and Volumio will happen trough your home network.

https://volumio.org/volumio-asus-tinkerboard/



VOLUMIO FOR ASUS TINKERBOARD IS NOW AVAILABLE
Michelangelo Guarise May 23, 2017

The Volumio Team is happy to announce support for Volumio on the Asus Tinkerboard platform.
It will be the first Audiophile Music Player available for the Tinkerboard.

Volumio is a free and Open Source Linux Distribution, designed and fine-tuned exclusively for music playback.
This is made possible by Volumio’s UI: a web applications that runs on any device with a browser, and that allows an easy and intuitive control of your playback sessions.
All communications between the webapp and Volumio will happen through your home network.

FEATURES
Minimal operating system, tailored for Bit-Perfect Audio Playback
Works with any USB 2.0 DAC
Supports all filetypes: FLAC, Alac, Aac, Vorbis, Mp3, DSD, DSF, WAV, WV, APE etc.
UPNP Playback
Airplay Playback
DSD Over PCM support, for non Direct-DSD compatible hardware
Integrated WebRadio directories
If a compatible wireless hardware is found, Volumio will create an hotspot network for first configuration
Mount CIFS and NFS Network Attached Storage, with an auto-discovery function
Custom playlist editing and creation
Plugin support with new functions available like Spotify and Digital Room Correction
Seamless update system: no need to reinstall when a new version is available
Multilanguage support with a growing number of translations available
Image background support, even your favourite one
Alarm and sleep function

The Tinkerboard on paper can be just the perfect match for Volumio

This is why we were so excited to put our hands on it. Right after unboxing you can feel the build quality and the attention to details that ASUS put into the board design: everything from the thick black solder mask, to the colored GPIOs headers is just about build quality.

From what you can see, there are many reasons to believe that the Tinkerboard is just a perfect fit for Volumio, and the most serious candidate to become the platform of election to build an audiophile music player. Some of the advantages we think are just great are:

Its blazing fast: really, it is. I would also say faster than low-tier X86 machines
It features an external Wi-fi antenna connector, super useful to extend its wireless capabilities without the need of external dongles
The integrated Analog Jack is very competent and sounds good enough for casual music listening, and it’s capable of 24\192 playback
Integrated SPDIF output, although you need to solder 2 pins
Gigabit LAN onboard, without all the known problems of PI with USB BUS
However, to make a Single Board successful and worth, there are many pieces that should come together. As Volumio Team, we were indeed excited by the ASUS Tinkerboard, however, I2S DACs are still not supported as of now: Tinkerboard supports I2S output, however for some reasons the I2S output is handled (at driver level) via USB. We’re still not sure how I2S connection is handled at Hardware level, and whether the board is Pin compatible with Raspberry PI in regard to I2S. We’re working closely with ASUS to clear everything related to I2S and try to extend its compatibility with Volumio’s supported I2S DACs.

We can conclude by saying that the Volumio on the ASUS Tinkerboard is among the best (together with X86) you can get: browsing is super smooth, Network is fast and the sound quality via USB is as good as it can be (especially when paired with iFi’s iPurifier2). To become the real Raspberry PI killer (we do find that the price difference is more than acceptable for what you get more) it remains to be seen how I2S support will evolve, but rest assured we’re working with ASUS to make it happen.

As always, you can get Volumio for ASUS Tinkerboard on our download page

This post has been edited by wkkm007: Jul 10 2017, 12:13 AM

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https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/08/tinker-...-for-diy-types/

https://www.asus.com/Single-Board-Computer/Tinker-Board-S/

ASUS' Tinker Board S is a powerful platform for DIY types




Last year ASUS tried to win over DIYers with the Tinker Board. It tried to elbow in on Raspberry Pi's territory. And even made an attempt to upstage it by making the Tinkerboard incredibly powerful. It was capable of pushing out 4K video and 24-bit/192kHz audio. The pile of HDMI, gigabit Ethernet, quad core processor and 2GB of RAM made it better suited to build a media center around than turning into some sort of art project or prototype.

Gallery: ASUS Tinker Board S | 3 Photos

+1
The Tinker Board S is more of the same. It's powerful board for hacker types with a pile of maker-friendly features like 40 GPIO pins and robust Linux support. The S also has 16GB of eMMC storage and the same pile of USB ports. But its the same size and, most importantly for the DIY crowd, it has the same layout. So you don't have to tear your whole project apart just to upgrade its guts. The Tinker Board S will ship sometime in the first half of 2018, but ASUS isn't talking price just yet. But, considering the original Tinker Board cost a hefty $60, don't expect its sequel to compete with the Raspberry Pi on price.

Bro I share you solution on this FB group Raspberry Pi Audiophile Hong Kong https://www.facebook.com/groups/242814859644183/

Not need any USB cable and bigger size than those Hardware attached on top (HaT) design
For better audio sound quality
Maybe can work with Tinkerboard too
Is a ESS Sabre ES9028Q2M Desktop DAC Digital to Analog converter audiophile soundcard
ESS website
http://www.esstech.com/index.php/en/produc...dacs/es9028q2m/

This post has been edited by wkkm007: Jul 10 2018, 12:47 AM