Snakeoil Firmware - 1.2.3 (Gear Isolation U3)

[agent_kith]

I am trying to follow the MPD tweaks wiki, but I keep running into errors. Whenever I attempt to cd into mpd-v22 I keep getting a permission denied prompt (after using chmod).

For most things you need to be operating as root. Try and run "sudo su" and switch to the root account, and then do your tweaks.

I have a problem using LMS and upmpdcli for MPD playback using the Tidal plugin. The music plays through the computer (headless machine) speakers rather than passing through to the DAC.  Will the tweak fix this issue? I have no problems using LMS + squeezelite and was able to use Tidal with MPD in Blind Listening firmwares.

Did you configure MPD to use the DAC? Check the MPD configuration section and make sure it's selecting the ALSA output that corresponds to your DAC.

Lastly, I've noticed the kernel options have been updating .97-.100. Are these subjective iterative improvements or some options to see what works best in one's system?

Stock kernels from Ubuntu doesn't usually have any tweaks for audio output. You'll usually need a RealTime kernel to get that benefits, basically CPU and IO schedulers are the big primary drivers of audio quality, and then there's something else I can't really explain. The key is to try and download various kernel versions, and find one that "just works" on your audio system. Hopefully I can get this done and when it does, this will make the Gear Isolation project feature complete.