gaevoc / ifi-tidal-release

tidal connect application for ARM SBC based on https://github.com/ppy2/ifi-tidal-release

tidal connect service raspberry/ARM based on ppy2/ifi-tidal-release

I found that repository called ifi-tidal-release here on github, created by ppy2. Included are some binaries and some scripts. The names of the binaries intended that this is a tidal connect client. Because the lack of any description i downloaded the repo and play around with the included stuff.

I downloaded the git repos to m< arm-singleboard-computer. I use a (audio optimized) arm singleboard name sparky from allo.com based on a minimal debian system called DietPi (https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi). It turns out, that the binaries runs on ARMv7 on debian stretch and (more difficult to set up) on debian buster (perhaps on any LINUX version on ARM). There are several binaries included in the repo. You do not need all binaries and all scripts for a tidal connect client.

Below you find the description to get that tidal connect client running for Debian stretch and Debian buster on ARM. The description ist written initially for stretch. Because buster lacks some older libraries there is more to do to get the tidal connect client running on buster. The only difference therefore is to load more "older" libraries which ar not present by default in Debian buster.

If you are not comfortable with installing old libs on your SBC, you can create the tidal-connect-application inside a docker container, like described here: https://github.com/seniorgod/ifi-tidal-release/blob/master/tidal_connect_application_as_docker_container/ifi_docker.md

Let' start with installing tidal-connect-application on your SBC directly without docker:

These are the basic steps to create your tidal connect client:

1. install required shared libraries
2. download the repository
3. adjust the systemd service description
4. copy everything to the final directories
5. 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