{"id":855,"date":"2020-06-14T15:49:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T22:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyfuturism.com\/?p=855"},"modified":"2020-06-14T16:33:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T23:33:18","slug":"plexamp-music-streaming-with-raspberry-pi-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyfuturism.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/14\/plexamp-music-streaming-with-raspberry-pi-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"Plexamp Music Streaming with Raspberry Pi Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve been a Plex user for a very long while. They&#8217;ve recently put a lot of effort into the re-vamped Plexamp music player and it&#8217;s quickly become my primary means of listening to my music library. I wanted to be able to stream Plexamp to my hi-fi stereo the same way I do other music, and of course this is a problem that can be solved with a Raspberry Pi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2>MATERIALS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is stuff I had laying around in my electronics bin, any Pi with any type of soundcard (whether a hat or USB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Raspberry Pi Zero W Kit (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3e30ujP\" target=\"_blank\">Raspberry Pi Zero W Kit<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pi Audio DAC Hat (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2zAzyZK\" target=\"_blank\">Pi Audio DAC Hat<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" label=\"3D Printed Case (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2417798\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">3D Printed Case<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"diyfuturism-20\";\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"manual\";\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\namzn_assoc_asins = \"B012E4CUPC,B01C6EQNNK,B01MF77LH9,B019U9VC9E\";\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>SETTING UP THE PI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First step to any Pi project, flash the latest version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/downloads\/raspberry-pi-os\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Raspberry Pi OS (opens in a new tab)\">Raspberry Pi OS<\/a> (formerly known as Raspbian). I use Etcher to do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before booting the Pi up I like to go ahead and configure it so I won&#8217;t have to connect it to a monitor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enable SSH by default by creating an empty file <strong>\/boot\/ssh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>touch \/boot\/ssh<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Then set up the WiFi connection by creating <strong>\/boot\/wpa_supplicant.conf<\/strong> with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>ctrl_interface=DIR=\/var\/run\/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev\nupdate_config=1\ncountry=&lt;Insert 2 letter ISO 3166-1 country code here>\n\nnetwork={\n ssid=\"&lt;Name of your wireless LAN>\"\n psk=\"&lt;Password for your wireless LAN>\"\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Just fill out your WiFi information there at the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the Pi is ready to boot up. This step will be specific to your audio DAC or soundcard, but if you bought that same one I linked above you run it&#8217;s setup script:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo wget -O - script.raspiaudio.com | bash -<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Reboot and test your DAC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>speaker-test -l5 -c2 -t wav <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2>SETTING UP PLEXAMP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The official instructions for this are <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here on the Plex forums (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/forums.plex.tv\/t\/plexamp-for-raspberry-pi-release-notes\/368282\" target=\"_blank\">here on the Plex forums<\/a>, but they&#8217;re a little dated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first problem is Plexamp depends on an outdated version of NodeJS 9.11.2, and this version is not available for the Pi Zero in the Debian repository. So we&#8217;re going to have to install it manually. The NodeJS archive of<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" tarballs is here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/nodejs.org\/download\/release\/v9.11.2\/node-v9.11.2-linux-armv6l.tar.gz\" target=\"_blank\"> tarballs is here<\/a> and for the Pi Zero we want ARM6L version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>wget https:\/\/nodejs.org\/download\/release\/v9.11.2\/node-v9.11.2-linux-armv6l.tar.gz<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>To install, extract it to \/usr\/local<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo tar -C \/usr\/local --strip-components=1 -xzf node-v9.11.2-linux-armv6l.tar.gz<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Now download Plexamp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>wget https:\/\/files.plexapp.com\/elan\/Plexamp-v2.0.0-rPi-beta.2.tar.bz2<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Unpack it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>bunzip2 Plexamp-v2.0.0-rPi-beta.2.tar.bz2\ntar -xvf Plexamp-v2.0.0-rPi-beta.2.tar<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Open the plexamp.service file and change the <strong>ExecStart<\/strong> line to read <code>\/usr\/local\/bin\/node<\/code> instead of <code>\/usr\/bin\/node<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copy the service file and enable it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo cp \/home\/pi\/plexamp\/plexamp.service \/lib\/systemd\/system\/plexamp.service\nsudo systemctl daemon-reload\nsudo systemctl enable plexamp\nsudo systemctl start plexamp\nsudo systemctl status plexamp<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now cast to your Plexamp from the Plex Web UI!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"diyfuturism-20\";\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"manual\";\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\namzn_assoc_asins = \"B012E4CUPC,B01C6EQNNK,B01MF77LH9,B019U9VC9E\";\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope Plex continues to improve upon this beta &#8211; Plexamp has changed the way I listen to my music library. 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