emilot / 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 my DietPi based arm-singleboard-computer. It turns out, that the binaries runs on ARMv7 on raspbian (perhaps on any LINUX version on ARM). All what you need to setup a tidal connect client

There are some binaries included in the repo. You do not need all binaries and all scripts for a tidal connect client.

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*

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/ifi-audio/ifi-tidal-release.git

adjust the systemd service description

the service description 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 in the repo, that list the DAC connected at your computer. You have to copy the devices you want to use as playback-device. As you can see. My DAC, means my playback-device is a PROJECT Audio RS DAC.

In order to get a list of your devices run a binary included in the downloaded repo.

cd /usr/ifi

run:

ifi-tidal-release/pa_devs/bin/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
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

The devices which are present at the computer are located at the end of the list. 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

Therefore 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