From 9db9def367d02aef9d075721b5ce829649e61325 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stein Magnus Jodal Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 20:27:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Should install gstreamer0.10-alsa before using alsasink --- docs/installation/raspberrypi.rst | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/installation/raspberrypi.rst b/docs/installation/raspberrypi.rst index fe958e81..22a569b6 100644 --- a/docs/installation/raspberrypi.rst +++ b/docs/installation/raspberrypi.rst @@ -109,14 +109,17 @@ card. Note that if you have an ``~/.asoundrc`` it will overide any global settings from ``/etc/asound.conf``. -#. Update your ``~/.config/mopidy/mopidy.conf`` to contain:: +#. For Mopidy to output audio directly to ALSA, instead of Jack which + GStreamer usually defaults to on Raspberry Pi, install the + ``gstreamer0.10-alsa`` package:: + + sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-alsa + + Then update your ``~/.config/mopidy/mopidy.conf`` to contain:: [audio] output = alsasink - This is to tell GStreamer not to pick Jack which it seems to like picking on - Raspberry Pis for some reason. - Following these steps you should be able to get crackle free sound on either HDMI or analog. Note that you might need to ensure that PulseAudio is no longer running to get this working nicely.