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Raspberry Pi Broadcastify Image 2

From The RadioReference Wiki

These instructions show you how to download and install a completely pre-configured image for the Raspberry Pi2 to function as a broadcast appliance for Broadcastify.com.

This image has only been developed and tested on the Raspberry Pi2 Model B and is not supported on any other model

This image also has all the precompiled software and configuration files to support the Raspberry Pi RTL-SDR Broadcastify setup instructions.

Purchase Equipment

Download the Image

Install the image

Follow the image installation instructions at the following link on the Raspberry Pi Documentation Page:

Edit March 2021: Raspberry Pi Imager for windows 10 writes this image to the SD card but fails every time during check image after writing. Says the image is different than what was written and not a multiple of 512 bytes. Then it won't boot in the Pi. Not sure what that is about. Could have been my SD card. Edit: Tried a different card. Got the same error.

Use https://www.balena.io/etcher/ to flash image to SD card. No need to unpack image first. Successfully flashed this image. Not boot tested. Should be fine.

https://www.upswift.io/imgflasher Worked for me in windows 10. Unzip image first. This is what I used and it booted.

Initial configuration

  • Boot your Raspberry Pi
  • Login with username = pi / password = raspberry
  • Immediately run the raspberry pi system configuration utility
pi@bcfypi1 ~ $ sudo raspi-config
  • Choose the second option to change the password for the pi account to your own password
  • Choose the first option to "Expand Filesystem", then select Finish, and then reboot the device

Feed Setup and Configuration

  • Get Superuser to allow editing and saving files
 sudo su
  • Plug the USB sound card into the Raspberry Pi
  • Plug your scanner's headphone jack into the mic jack on the USB sound card dongle
  • Start alsamixer
pi@bcfypi1:~# alsamixer (just type alsamixer)
  • press F6, choose the "USB Headphone Set" entry
  • press your tab key to select the "Capture" device volume control
  • use your "up arrow" key to adjust the level to it's lowest level possible (6)
  • press escape to exist alsamixer
  • run the following command to save the volume settings
sudo alsactl store
  • Copy the base darkice.cfg configuration file to darkice1.cfg for the first feed
sudo cp /etc/darkice.cfg /etc/darkice1.cfg
  • Edit the /etc/darkice.cfg file to match your settings, including the sound card you are using, your feed server, mount, password, and description, then exit and save the file
sudo nano /etc/darkice1.cfg
  • Enable the feed to start broadcasting at boot
sudo update-rc.d darkice1 defaults
  • Start your feed
sudo service darkice1 start


Note: very little volume will be needed from your scanner - adjust the levels as appropriate for a good sounding feed.