Setting up Volumio the Audiophile Music Player on Unraid 

I dunno, I am not so keen on not having a lifetime paid option, sorta like what PLEX has. I mean I got PLEX because I intended on using it for more than a couple of years and am very happy with that decision. I just don't like recurring charges for software I am running on my own server, doesn't sit well with me.

You posted this at the perfect time. I was just looking for a software suite for my amp

Love it, I like the new intro! :) I work with live music and in recordning studios as a audio engineer, imo mobos has just stuck with the rumor of bad onboard audio. Sure if you buy the cheepest no name brand you would get what you paid for buf for the main big brands the all acceptable and have pritty advanced technology to prevent interference :)

Could somebody please explain the purpose of passing through audio hardware on the server? I don't understand why that is if the purpose is to playback audio on a client device through its web browser. Wouldn't the client device's audio hardware handle the decoding?

Doesn't DAC stand for Digital-to-Analog Converter ?

As an absolute audio nutter I can assure you that no motherboard, and I mean not a single one I have ever heard of, has a good built in DAC. You've asked for recommendations for a better solution so here is my take on it: If you have speakers that aren't some Logitech speakers or worse I would recommend something like a Schiit Modi or for included mic input a Focusrite Scarlett Solo or 2i2. Both are stereo DACs but the Scarletts are also real studio grade audio interfaces that are a real bang for the buck. Each of them is in the 100-150$ range. If you need more outputs (or inputs) you can always get one of the bigger Scarlett interfaces, up to an 18i20 that is expandable up to 18 inputs and 20 outputs. For a really budget speaker setup there are a lot of great options too... All depending on the budget and personal preferences of course. For someone who want's the best cheapest option I would take a look at the Edifier line up. They are very budget orientated and have actually good sound on them... for the price of course. Just make sure that they are active speakers, otherwise you would need an amp to go with them and amps aren't exactly budget friendly. My picks, depending on your budget would be (prices ascending): - R1280DB - Luna - S1000DB - S2000 Pro You could also go the monitor route. Personally at my desk I rock some KRK Rokit 8 G3 monitors with the KRK 12S subwoofer attached to a Focusrite Scarlett 18i20. In my music corner I have two Elac UB F5s attached to an NAD C356BEE, with the phono amp module. I would think that those options will probably overstep what you had in mind when it comes to budget since you didn't sound the type that gives too much about details but even my setup is a very modest budget setup. Small edit: Now that I've watched the video... Don't use Volumio... Just use Plex and on your mobile devices Plex Amp, especially if you have a Plex Pass anyway. It's just a waste of money to have both plus Plex has much more features and can be run over a Docker container instead of a dedicated VM.

You forgot to blur out the email in the second window it's in.

Great stuff as always. Thanks for finding my next weekend project!

Is so hard to wait for new Video from You;-)

Thanks for the excellent guide as usual. Question - I saw in you that you have a device whose name is vms - from what I understand it is used by you to install vm, are there any settings?

In my installation it can't find the network :-/

Logitech media server is free and advanced option for audio files. I run it on my raspi. It even integrates free with tidal, soundcloud, youtube, spotify, etc.

looking forward for your airsonic review/setup.

What kernel is Volumio on now? Have you tested any multichannel files?

Looking forward to the Airsonic vid 👌

I've been doing a fair bit of research into VMs and virtualisation. Whenever I have tried VMs on windows the resolution was always terrible and no GPU passthrough. I am basically a noob. I would want to be able to access all my VMs on a 4k screen. I assume I just need a basic PC(as the heavy lifting is done server-side) I then remote into UnRaid and launch them but with 4k graphics and Nvidia passthrough if what I want (not for games just resolution and smoothness) When I do it I would setup 2.5gb network I think. Is that correct? Thanks!

Spaceinvader One I love all your videos. Super helpful. I was wondering If you have ever tried to do an Comic/ebook/Audiobook Docker? I really only want it for comics but everything thats out there i've tried has failed for a complete setup. So do you have any you've ever tried? Could you post a video? Thanks Squeak sorry don't know why my fonts so big

Volumio is better used for digital transport. It only makes sense to use a low noise USB output and a separate DAC device.

Is this somehow different than plex using direct play?

Hey SpaceInvader One! Thanks for keeping up the good content. I was wondering if there was a good alternative to like google music now that its shutting down. If there is such a thing would a tutorial video for that be possible? Mostly like a place to keep your music and you can play on mobile while out and have the music available offline.

Can this play directly from my Unraid server? Server has a good quality audio out on the mb with optical out that I can run to my stereo preout. I'd like to be able to control it from a android app but the sound play from the server to the stereo. But, it sounds like that wouldnt work....thoughts? Thank You!

Great tip, didnt know about this one. If cost is not a question what would you choose between this and roon?

when i choose my on board AMD sound card and update and when i Start the VM it will crash the system or lock it up and i end up resetting it.. and then Unraid goes into Parity check mode... why is selecting Sound Card, and choosing the Onboard locking up the system? Im using a Asus X570 Tuf Gaming Plus.. running 3600 Cpu.. anything i should do so it doesnt lock up the system.. or does it only really work for Intel?

i cant see network drive and dont get any ip. any suggestions?

The "commands used in this video's" Google drive link in the Video Desc is the one from your Unifi Video... Just an FYI

is any working through nvidia gpu passthrough with volumio connecting to avr tho?

is there a fix this no longer works in unraid 6.9 you get busybox error as it used to work i upgraded to unraid 6.9 i found nic was no longer working.. i re ran this setup and when you run Busy box error.. sh: can't access tty: job control turned off error i get now the top error is findfs: unable to resolve 'UUID=

Why would sound one go through all the hassles instead of just running plex/nvida? And it looks like you need a device per player so not very attractive we wonr have a pi or another pc in every room just for this plus one for kodi or whatnot.

Primo and Innuos zen mini mk3. Which has better sound?

I couldn't get a network connection following these instructions. Picked up the suggestion of using a Windows 10 template from the forums, and increase to 4Gb RAM. All ok now.

I’m curious if this would serve well for audiobooks.

i was able to get it running.. but no network card.. unraids VM is not passing a network card how i fix that?

Always your the best.

This is an interesting option. Don’t let the audiophiles tell you that you need an expensive DAC as nobody can tell the difference between a good $50 DAC and $5000 DAC in a blind test. For that matter very few can tell, even under ideal conditions, between a properly encoded 320k VBR MP3 and a FLAC lossless file under blind conditions. The biggest downside to this solution is few want a likely relatively noisy unraid box in the same room with their high quality audio system. So running this on a Pi, or better still a higher grade x86 fanless box or laptop, makes the most sense.

It doesn't keep play count data?

Awesome!

My Unraid is not showing any network drives... Scanning does nothing... Help!

So if I put a semi decent sound card in my server and ran this, I'd be able to play FLAC files through my HIFI using my server? Awesome. Saves me literal hundreds. Flac capable network players are stupidly expensive.

Hello, I tried to install this on unraid, but i got no internet in volumio, he can't even find the nas -.-

Seems if you are going through the trouble of downloading flac files and using volumio you would invest in a dac over onboard sound.

How about Daphile?

maybe i'm dumb, but i cannot get it to boot, I always land in uefi shell - seems like the actual image is not bootable? anyone some help, please?

What advantage does Volumio have over Plex?

so i finally figure it out.. you cant follow this video perfectly. For at least AMD X570 board.. when you download the pc version.. Do not use Linux template in Unraid.. you need to choose Windows as its a PC version.. as you need pc network card drivers and Linux doesnt work.., doesnt have the virto device drivers.. even the network model doesnt work... also do not use 2gbs of ram its not enough set it to at least 4GB if you do that you finally get network card to work and that it will load.. the rest of the video seems working now

Check out the Topping DAC's. Nothing beats it, certainly not for that price. But then people feed that to some nasty AVR and all your gain is lost.

Next Video has to be about containers AMA and AMD!

Like why use this it costs too much andd there so many free options???!

To be honest, running Volumio on an Unraid VM seems pointless to me, and contradicts the idea of being an "audiophile music player". If one considers themselves an audiophile, chances are they like to listen to music without any kind of noise or electrical interference. Taking that into account, why would they listen to music coming from a big server containing multiple case fans and spinning hard drives? Distributions like Volumio and Moode make more sense being installed on a Raspberry Pi or some other kind of SBC/SFF computer because of their comparatively silent operation. People who run Volumio/Moode generally hook them up to speaker systems in a separate room with less external noise. Because the speaker system is in a separate room, connecting the speakers to a PC/Homeserver becomes a pain as it requires a long cable and the audio backend is harder to control. This is exactly where a Raspberry Pi running Moode/Volumio comes in; they can receive audio data over Wi-Fi(or Ethernet on Pi4/5) and convert it to analog right near the speakers without making any noise. Of course, you would also need a DAC to go with it, because stock Raspberry Pi isn't very good at DSP. There are a lot of HAT extensions designed for exactly this; HifiBerry, Pi DAC Pro, etc. As for Unraid, it works better as a backend for storing audio files. Containers like Navidrome, Jellyfin, Logitech Media Server and more make for solid options.

27 TB of music ? hoarder ! lol :)

just an iot vm. and ppl need music, and will end up buying it, to integrate it. but is no use for this, if you like music. you pay for a good setup, not an auxiliary app i got 2 devialet phantoms silver, and i can use any app besides the integrated own app.