Plexamp Headless on Moode 9+

[ehsan2023]

@ehsan2023,

I did some testing with a Plexpass account in this thread. There are some issues.
https://moodeaudio.org/forum/showthread....6#pid56046

I also experienced a very hot volume curve. It's really loud just after 0.

If your audio device supports hardware volume then limiting max ALSA volume can provide a better experience. Remember that when renderers connect to moOde, ALSA volume is set to 100 (or a max limit if one exists) so that when client volume is 100 the output volume will correctly be 0dB (100).

I added "ALSA maxvol (%)" option to the Plexamp section of Renderer Config to deal with the hot volume issue. Bluetooth has similar options.



I'll plan to keep the Plexpass sub for a few more weeks in case anyone wants me to run more tests or implement code to improve the feature.

Hi @Tim Curtis

An update on Plexamp testing with the latest 9.0.5 update.

The ALSA volume set to 40% makes a huge difference in managing the loudness. Thanks for that 

But the GUI still always showing Plexamp as active for me despite ALSA is released in moodeutl --hwparams  and even the GUI audio information detects that Plexamp is not playing.