Love this project!

[wrenchpilot]

Hello, introducing myself. I just found this project and was able to use this to stream my turntable to my AirPlay devices! The instructions (http://faden.me/2018/03/18/babelpod.html) are a bit outdated, but I got it working using nvm and installing node lts/hydrogen (18.16.1) on a Raspberry Pi 4 (Raspberry Pi OS 64bit). Just wanted to share my success and say thanks!

Steps

Install nvm

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.3/install.sh | bash

nvm install lts/hydrogen

Clone this repo

git clone https://github.com/afaden/babelpod.git
cd babelpod
npm i

Create the service

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/babelpod.service

[Service]
# need to specify the full path to node
ExecStart=/home/pi/.nvm/versions/node/v18.16.1/bin/node /home/pi/babelpod/index.js
StandardOutput=journal

Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Start babelpod

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable babelpod
sudo systemctl start babelpod
sudo systemctl status babelpod

macOS Settings (Airdrop & Handoff)

• Allow AirPlay for: Anyone on the Same Network

[TheMoD22]

Hello wrenchpilot

Thank you for your contribution. How did you solve this with the installation of the airplay? For me, the installation runs according to the instructions from ((http://faden.me/2018/03/18/babelpod.html) with several errors.

Thanks very much

[borjaburgos]

@wrenchpilot Thank you! I was able to use your instructions successfully!

[ghost]

Hello,

I’m trying to install Babelpod with your instructions and I’m stuck at the installion of nvm with lts/hydrogen. It takes like 2 hours to finish and I get this error :

cc: fatal error: Killed signal terminated program cc1
compilation terminated.
make[1]: *** [tools/icu/icudata.target.mk:157: /home/pi/.nvm/.cache/src/node-v18.17.1/files/out/Release/obj.target/icudata/gen/icudt73_dat.o] Error 1
make: *** [Makefile:134: node] Error 2
nvm: install v18.17.1 failed!

I’m using a Raspberry Pi Zero W.

Any idea ?

Thank you,
Zaiff

[TheMoD22]

Hello Zaiff,

if you really used version 18.17.1, did you also specify it correctly in etc/systemd/system/babelpod.service and not 18.16.1 as in the template?

[ghost]

Hello,

Thanks for you reply.

I'm following the steps of the template in order and I didn't reach the ones you are mentionning, I'm on the nvm installation. So I didn't created the service yet.

Am I doing it the wrong way ?

Zaiff

[TheMoD22]

Hello,

at which step does the error message come?

[TheMoD22]

Hello,

can anyone tell me how the audio issue was resolved. I can see the Air devices but there is no sound. In the original post, Airplay (2) is also installed. However, the installation fails for me.

Thanks

[ghost]

Hello,

It happens at
nvm install lts/hydrogen

[wrenchpilot]

Hello,

I’m trying to install Babelpod with your instructions and I’m stuck at the installion of nvm with lts/hydrogen. It takes like 2 hours to finish and I get this error :

cc: fatal error: Killed signal terminated program cc1 compilation terminated. make[1]: *** [tools/icu/icudata.target.mk:157: /home/pi/.nvm/.cache/src/node-v18.17.1/files/out/Release/obj.target/icudata/gen/icudt73_dat.o] Error 1 make: *** [Makefile:134: node] Error 2 nvm: install v18.17.1 failed!

I’m using a Raspberry Pi Zero W.

Any idea ?

Thank you, Zaiff

I think you need a different version of node for the pi zero:
https://hassancorrigan.com/blog/install-nodejs-on-a-raspberry-pi-zero/

https://unofficial-builds.nodejs.org/download/release/v18.16.1/node-v18.16.1-linux-armv6l.tar.gz

-- EDIT --
Now that I think about it, I'm not sure a pi zero can do this by itself. My turntable has a USB output that shows up as a audio device in my pi4 that I can redirect with babelpod. You would need that same setup with some sort of microUSB adapter to your audio device or get a USB DAC for the pi zero.

[wrenchpilot]

Hello wrenchpilot

Thank you for your contribution. How did you solve this with the installation of the airplay? For me, the installation runs according to the instructions from ((http://faden.me/2018/03/18/babelpod.html) with several errors.

Thanks very much

From what I remember, I didn't install AirTunes2, I skipped that part. AirTunes2 is part of babelpod.
https://github.com/afaden/babelpod/blob/master/package.json

[strikingwebsolutions]

@wrenchpilot Extremely helpful. Thank you!!

I went down some crazy rabbit hole trying to solve for the broken directions on the main site. I wound up reverting my pi to factory and starting again with these - worked first try.

Confirming installing AirTunes2 separately is not necessary. A custom version of it is included in this git repo.

[8foster]

Hello @wrenchpilot . Great post! I am trying to get babelpod working on my raspberry pi 4 and tried loads of things. Then I tried your instructions and they worked really good, never have gotten so far as now. i started the babelpod service and then it said enabled but:
babelpod.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Process: 11732 ExecStart=/home/pi/.nvm/versions/node/v18.16.1/bin/node /home/pi/babelpod/index.js (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
Could somebody help me? I've gotten really far and I think its a great project!

[wrenchpilot]

Hello @wrenchpilot . Great post! I am trying to get babelpod working on my raspberry pi 4 and tried loads of things. Then I tried your instructions and they worked really good, never have gotten so far as now. i started the babelpod service and then it said enabled but: babelpod.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Process: 11732 ExecStart=/home/pi/.nvm/versions/node/v18.16.1/bin/node /home/pi/babelpod/index.js (code=exited, status=203/EXEC) Could somebody help me? I've gotten really far and I think its a great project!

That sounds like SELinux is preventing the service from starting. Modify /etc/selinux/config set SELINUX=disabled and reboot.

[8foster]

Hello @wrenchpilot . Great post! I am trying to get babelpod working on my raspberry pi 4 and tried loads of things. Then I tried your instructions and they worked really good, never have gotten so far as now. i started the babelpod service and then it said enabled but: babelpod.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Process: 11732 ExecStart=/home/pi/.nvm/versions/node/v18.16.1/bin/node /home/pi/babelpod/index.js (code=exited, status=203/EXEC) Could somebody help me? I've gotten really far and I think its a great project!

That sounds like SELinux is preventing the service from starting. Modify /etc/selinux/config set SELINUX=disabled and reboot.

Hey, I got it working! Thanks for your input but I didn't specify my path to the node in that one text document. That helped and now it works! Thanks for your answer!

[pauldnyc]

I will quickly +1 the title of this thread. 100% love this project. One thing I'm a little stuck on is trying to get it to play nice with a stereo pair of HomePods. They're paired but are also being used as default speakers for an Apple TV 4K (1st gen). I see the Apple TV's Airplay name as an option in the BabelPod config page but when select it, there's nothing output to the HomePods. I can select each HomePod individually with no issue, though. Just not as a stereo pair. Should it work with the Apple TV? Or maybe there's some other config I need to do to make this setup work? Thanks again for this thread, which was really helpful getting me up and running -- and for such a great project with BabelPod!