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 The instructions (http://faden.me/2018/03/18/babelpod.html) are a bit outdated, but I got it working using nvm and installing node lts/hydrogen (18.16.1) on a Raspberry Pi 4 (Raspberry Pi OS 64bit).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!

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?

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

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!