Issues with mpd on a Vero 2

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Hello

Firstly, I don’t know anything about MPD, but thanks for the log. It shows that your audio is stopping most likely because Kodi is also trying to open the audio sink (either to play menu sounds, notifications or actual audio). The Vero 2 SoC can support dual audio from two different applications as it exposes two sinks.

I would recommend as follows:

  • Ensure Kodi is configured to output to ‘SPDIF’. Audio will still be routed over HDMI, but this will guarantee you can benefit from passthrough if you use it.
  • Install alsa-utils (sudo apt-get install alsa-utils). Use aplay -l to list your sinks. Configure MPD to use the Analogue sink. The audio will still go via HDMI, but the sink will not be looked by Kodi or MPD and they should be able to co-exist.

I made a similar recommendation regarding Spotify Web App to a Vero 2 user. See No kodi sound output if spotify-connect-web server is active - #11 by sam_nazarko.

I hope this helps :slight_smile: