Have the Modi 2 Uber connected via USB. It works perfectly fine from the command-line using speaker-test & aplay. Even set it as the default alsa card. I did have a Behringer UCA202 attached previously & that worked & I was able to select it in the Playback Settings. I can not get the Modi to show up at all to select. Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Weird, I edited /etc/mpd.conf & added an audio_output for the M2U, restarted the system, and I was able to select it. Though, what I added to /etc/mpd.conf is no longer in there, but it still works. OK, and it quits working after a reboot.
Oh, by the way, this is on a Tinker Board.
Yeah, didn’t work after a reboot of course. This is annoying. Seems to be a conflict between the Tinker Board onboard audio which happens to be USB audio as well. I have some hacks that will work, just as long as I do not touch the “Playback Settings”.
LOL at least you are answering your own questions…
I guess the support on the Tinkerboard is very low atm.
While it’s a better board than a raspberry Pi. If you use it mainly for USB output.
Do you have a suggestion to tweak the mpd.conf to solve the drop outs?
Did you connect the Spdif on the TB?
Haha, yeah, felt like I was talking to myself…which is normal when I am sitting here working on code 
Yeah, the TB, other than a NUC, is great, just needs a bit more love. Wish I had the time. I love RPi, but the shared bus turd get’s on my nerves. I rather just use them as a smart duino almost 
I haven’t noticed a drop out (yet?). Didn’t try out the S/PDIF on the TB either. Here is what my /etc/mpd.conf looks like right now (of course, you mess with “Playback Settings” this all gets wiped out):
# Volumio MPD Configuration File
# Files and directories #######################################################
music_directory "/var/lib/mpd/music"
playlist_directory "/var/lib/mpd/playlists"
db_file "/var/lib/mpd/tag_cache"
#log_file "/var/log/mpd/mpd.log"
#pid_file "/var/run/mpd/pid"
#state_file "/var/lib/mpd/state"
#sticker_file "/var/lib/mpd/sticker.sql"
###############################################################################
# General music daemon options ################################################
user "mpd"
group "audio"
bind_to_address "any"
#port "6600"
#log_level "default"
gapless_mp3_playback "no"
#save_absolute_paths_in_playlists "no"
#metadata_to_use "artist,album,title,track,name,genre,date,composer,performer,disc"
auto_update "yes"
#auto_update_depth "3"
###############################################################################
# Symbolic link behavior ######################################################
follow_outside_symlinks "yes"
follow_inside_symlinks "yes"
###############################################################################
# Input #######################################################################
#
input {
plugin "curl"
# proxy "proxy.isp.com:8080"
# proxy_user "user"
# proxy_password "password"
}
###############################################################################
# Decoder ################################################################
###############################################################################
# Audio Output ################################################################
resampler {
plugin "soxr"
quality "very high"
threads "1"
}
audio_output {
type "alsa"
name "alsa"
device "hw:1,0"
dop "yes"
format "*:32:2"
}
audio_output {
type "fifo"
enabled "no"
name "multiroom"
path "/tmp/snapfifo"
format "44100:16:2"
}
#replaygain "album"
#replaygain_preamp "0"
volume_normalization "no"
###############################################################################
# MPD Internal Buffering ######################################################
audio_buffer_size "12288"
buffer_before_play "10%"
###############################################################################
# Resource Limitations ########################################################
#connection_timeout "60"
max_connections "20"
max_playlist_length "32384"
max_command_list_size "8192"
max_output_buffer_size "16384"
###############################################################################
# Character Encoding ##########################################################
filesystem_charset "UTF-8"
id3v1_encoding "UTF-8"
###############################################################################Thanks man… No difference for me in the SPDIF output.
But on the other hand USB is working fine.
I have got this strange thing… If it’s possible it has to work haha