Updating Broadcastify Pi Image

[badgerfi]

I was looking for a quick, one size fits all image to put on a Raspberry Pi and I found the Broadcastify image which is perfect. My question is, how do I update it? I see that the image is running on Buster and I am unable to apply any updates. Forgive me if this has already been answered somewhere else, I couldn't find anything specific. Since this is a fresh install, I would prefer to have the OS up to date prior to putting a new feed online.

 

[blantonl]

Just flash it and run it, that's really all you need to do.

 

[badgerfi]

Thanks for the reply Lindsay! I appreciate it. I realize this is the quickest way to get on the air and it is exactly what I am looking for but I was hoping to get something that I could keep up to date for some time. I realize the risk is low for something like this but it will be exposed to the internet, albeit behind my firewall. It's the same reason I push back on lower support tiers when they blame the network for problems at work but they are running 5 years or older drivers... you get my point. Anyway, I hear you. I am probably worrying too much but was hoping I would have something with longevity as I prepare to build something that I hope to serve my region for a long time to come.

If I were to take another route and install an up to date version of Ubuntu, can I just install the same things that are included on the image you built on Raspi Buster?

Thanks for all of your work on this!

Mitch

 

[blantonl]

I’m hoping to update the image soon with some later version stuff…. But for the vast majority of use cases the image in working great. I count about 400 of them in use right now

 

[badgerfi]

Sounds good! Let me know if you need any testers.

I did end up using the current image but when I start with "Double Click the "BCFY Shell" icon on the desktop" I get the error:

 

[n1ti]

I’m hoping to update the image soon with some later version stuff…. But for the vast majority of use cases the image in working great. I count about 400 of them in use right now

Hi Lindsay,

are you looking at including alpha tag support? Mine has been running for a few years....very reliable and never have to touch it.

Regards,

Tim

 

[92merc]

When you do update the image, I'd like to see some USB SDR support for weather radio. I know of a lot of weather guys that would go for a simple way to take their local NOAA weather radio and send to 2 locations. Broadcastify and NOAAWeatherRadio.org Icecast servers.

 

[cadareev]

Sounds good! Let me know if you need any testers.

I did end up using the current image but when I start with "Double Click the "BCFY Shell" icon on the desktop" I get the error:

View attachment 151402

Don't know if you have figued out a way around this, but if you start a terminal and then change directory using:
cd /home/pi/bcfy/bin
after that type
sudo /home/pi/bcfy/bin/bcfy
you can get the shell to run...

 

[rdwilson]

Buster is rapidly reaching EOL. But that's not the reason I would like a more current distro.
As hard as I tried, I could not get MQTT to install on Buster. Updating Python and adding packages got me nowhere.

I am running a "fleet" of Raspis, ADS-B, Pi-Holes, Radiosonde Tracker, and so on. I have managed to get MQTT installed on all of them for monitoring and managing in a central database in Home Assistant. If a Raspi is running hot, or low on resources, etc. I can be proactive and keep them running.

I like the image for its convenience and ease of use and it works *really* well.

 

[rdwilson]

Success! It was a major pain. It works and I managed not to break anything.
Reminder: Buster is EOL on June 30, 2024

 

[Echo4Thirty]

I would like to use an existing appliance and add BCFY support without reflashing its OS. I did not see a guide anywhere as to what packages need to be manually installed. Did i just not look hard enough?

 

[jegallag]

Any update on the ETA for the new Broadcastify Image based on Bookworm?
Thanks,
John G.

 

[VK2GEL]

Hi I would like to insert this command line:

00***/sbin/reboot

for a reboot every midnight.

What are the commands to do this please?

Thanks.

 

[hexagon_keyhole]

Hi I would like to insert this command line:

00***/sbin/reboot

for a reboot every midnight.

What are the commands to do this please?

Thanks.

I do not use my Raspberry Pi for feeding Broadcastify, but you can do this with a crontab job with sudo privileges.

Read more about crontab here: crontab(5) - OpenBSD manual pages

I use nano to edit crontab, and in my example, at 2AM in the morning everyday I reboot my Rasbperry Pi.

0 2 * * * /sbin/shutdown -r

 

[blantonl]

The Raspberry Pi image has been updated to Bookworm, among other changes.

Broadcastify Raspberry Pi Image v3.0 Beta

New Image available for Raspberry Pi Broadcasters https://s.broadcastify.com/images/bcfy_rpi_3.0b2.img.gz Highlights Upgraded to Bookworm for Raspberry Pi 5 support SDR-Trunk (v0.6.1 final) Trunk Recorder v5.0 boatbod OP25 liquidsoap patched gr-osmosdr for multiple airspy support latest...

forums.radioreference.com

 

[flippinfleck]

I’m hoping to update the image soon with some later version stuff…. But for the vast majority of use cases the image in working great. I count about 400 of them in use right now

I was looking to use the broadcastify image but this comment has me a little concerned.

Your image has something in it for tracking purposes?

 

[blantonl]

I was looking to use the broadcastify image but this comment has me a little concerned.

Your image has something in it for tracking purposes?

It does. It phones home to our servers once an hour with the hostname, public IP address, version of the image that is running, and hardware version.

if that is something that concerns you, don’t use the image.

 

[flippinfleck]

It was concerning that I did not see it disclosed in any of the online documentation.

Based on what I'm seeing, no built in support for SDRPlay devices. Would this be accurate?

 

[flippinfleck]

There seem to be some issues with the image that I am encountering. Would you be open to discussion?