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