# Plexamp for Raspberry Pi Release Notes **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Labs\ **Tags:** plexamp\ **Created:** [January 28, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-for-raspberry-pi-release-notes/368282 "2019-01-28T02:59:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-for-raspberry-pi-release-notes/368282/1 "2019-01-28T02:59:35Z")
### Plexamp for Raspberry Pi v2.0 beta 2 We’re pleased to announce the next release of Plexamp for Raspberry Pi, with massive internal changes and improvements. The audio engine inside is the exact same upgraded piece of awesome which powers our iOS and Android apps. Overall, the biggest changes: - Support for TIDAL and podcasts. - Lower memory usage. - Much faster startup of playback in many cases. - Much faster seeking/track skipping (in many cases instant). - Pre-buffering of next track. - Improved sweet Fades (smart overlaps) between tracks. - Soft fadeout when pausing/skipping. - Transcoding into Opus for high bitrate remote media. This is a beta release, so we’d appreciate your feedback on it. We’ll likely be adding more configurability, specifically. We recommend [this hat](https://www.fasttech.com/p/5137000) for digital audio, it’s cheap and high quality. 1. Download [https://files.plexapp.com/elan/Plexamp-v2.0.0-rPi-beta.2.tar.bz2](https://files.plexapp.com/elan/Plexamp-v2.0.0-rPi-beta.2.tar.bz2) 2. Get a server.json file from existing Plexamp on desktop install, install in `/home/pi/.config/Plexamp/`. Sign out and back into your existing install to get a new identifier/token. 3. Install node 9 on the Pi. ```auto $ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_9.x | sudo -E bash - $ sudo apt install -y nodejs ``` 1. Unpack in `/home/pi` 2. Install service file: ```auto $ sudo cp /home/pi/plexamp/plexamp.service /lib/systemd/system/plexamp.service ``` 1. Get service running: ```auto $ sudo systemctl daemon-reload $ sudo systemctl enable plexamp $ sudo systemctl start plexamp $ sudo systemctl status plexamp ``` ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-for-raspberry-pi-release-notes/368282/2 "2019-01-28T03:00:05Z")
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**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-for-raspberry-pi-release-notes/368282/3 "2019-01-29T16:56:08Z")
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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-for-raspberry-pi-release-notes/368282/5 "2020-02-17T20:03:28Z")
Workaround for incompatiblity with newer versions of Raspbian: > [@Plexamp for Raspberry Pi - Running but not available to cast to](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-for-raspberry-pi-running-but-not-available-to-cast-to/543429/6): > > Success!!! Turned out to be a mismatch in nodejs versions. I had a later version 10.15.2~dfsg-2+rpi1 installed than what the service was expecting 9.11.2-1nodesource1. From the daemon.log file: Uninstalled new nodejs version: sudo apt-get purge nodejs Installed old nodejs version: sudo apt-get install nodejs=9.11.2-1nodesource1 Rebooted: sudo reboot I am now able to successfully cast to Plexamp on my Raspberry Pi smiley I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask but wil… ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-for-raspberry-pi-release-notes/368282/6 "2022-05-08T10:30:21Z")
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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-for-raspberry-pi-release-notes/368282/7 "2022-05-08T10:30:35Z")
Superseded by [Plexamp on the Raspberry Pi - #10 by elan](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-on-the-raspberry-pi/791500/last)