Volumio SRL

Very nice piece of software. I have used Volumio for more than two years. Volumio does exactly what I need - plays music. Managing music collection with Volumio UI is very easy if all files are consistently tagged. I have my music collection on local USB drive, but playing music from NAS and various streaming services is also possible. A lot of extra functionality is possible with plugins.

A lot of basic functions are hidden behind a subscription service. Even things that really shouldn't require it.
I'd overlook the sluggishness of the experience if it was the only thing, but to pay to get these extra functions while everything remains so sluggish is a bit too much for me.
I went back to using the equally terrible Denon Remote App. It's also slow, but at least it has better functionality.

It's on it's way to being something great but it feels extraordinarily un-polished. It looks polished. But it's just not there. All too often things will silently fail. I have to reboot it at least once a day for seemingly odd reasons. If I'm playing music from an album and then attempt to play a playlist it will simply not do anything. Something fails behind the scenes but there's no message of any kind. Then, nothing will play until rebooting.
Another nice feature is that 60-70% of the time I try to use a premium feature, like expand the album story, it will inform me that I need to be a Volumio Premium subscriber. I am. It's logged in. It says I'm a premium user right next to the message saying I need to be a premium user.
I should be able to sort things. You can't sort anything. When listing albums it does so alphabetically but it doesn't disregard folder hierarchy first. What does this mean? If you have nested directories, or a collection of directories that make up your library, it will sort by the directory first and then contents of the directories second. This would be fine if I was simply looking at the file system, but I'm not. I have no visibility into that when I'm simply trying to list all albums in my library. But because of this oddity and the inability to sort any data in any meaningful (or non-meaningful way) I'm subject to whatever sorting rules Volumio built in and I can't do anything to change the sort order of anything being displayed. You take it how they give it.
So, as a premium subscriber (despite the software not believing me), I would say don't bother becoming a premium subscriber until they make this software feel like it's at least at a beta level.
Most plugins are non-starters in version 3. You can't do Pandora.
And all this really does is provide an interface to a sound card or USB device so it's not like there's magic under the hood that makes the sound better. With that said, it does sound good but only because I'm pumping it into thousands of dollars worth of equipment. It beats the balls off of bluetooth audio, but that's nothing Volumio is doing.
Will I cancel my premium subscription? No. But I have low self-esteem.
Am I being overly harsh about the software? Probably. But I've been a software engineer for over 20 years and I would not ship this product with my name on it.
But really, this thing has loads of potential if it could get out of its own way.

Very easy to install and configure! ( RaspberryPi #2, #3, #4 and Tinkerboard around the house...). Using it with Hifiberry DAC +, IQDigiAmp and Cambridge Dacmagic usb-dac with very good results :).
Music ( FLAC ) from attached HDD.
Also used as streaming receiver for Apple Play and Spotify.
Highly recommended as replacement to much more expensive ready-made equipment.

Doesn't support enough raspberry pi screens and even with the support forumns nothing worked, so unless you want to spend extra money on the one specific screen they support, you are out of luck. I didn't want to spend that much to start because i wasn't sure it was what i wanted, but was not able to get a budget friendly solution working in order to try it properly in the way I wanted. I know I could have used the mobile app, or a computer to operate it but that wasn't what i wanted. I wanted a touch screen on the pi for my family to control. I just couldn't make that work without spending well over a hundred dollars

I have a series of Raspberry PIs that perform a variety of functions. I previously tried a variety of approaches to use a PI as input to a Sonos system without much luck. I then found Volumio and it works like a charm. I strongly recommend Volumio and odd as this may sound - it seems only fair to pay the small subscription fee for the excellent product and support.

Simple download and set up process … clear set up instructions meant I was up and running with a Pi Zero W 2 in no time. I also added an audio hat which was instantly recognised and working. The inclusion of plugins to add further functionality just increases the usefulness and although some are paid for, after using the software for I week, I think I will be supporting this project and going for the subscription based option to get the tidal integration.

I was using squeezbox for a long time and as streaming of Spotify or Tidal is not working well with Squeezebox I decided to establish a Volumio setup. First I built a volumio setup with a raspi and a hifiberry digi+. The sound was pretty good and usability was also very good. But I was facing some problems with stability. Every now and then I had drop outs and sometimes it stopped without a visible reason. I had to restart the session. Every now and then it doesn't respond any more. I had to unplug power supply to reboot the whole thing. Thought it was a raspi problem therefore I decided to buy the Primo. But the problems are still there. I run Volumio for more than one year, but now I'm testing the roon setup. After 3 days I am really enthusistic with it. Concept and usability is much better and by now I didn't face any stability problems.

RBpi3 + reclocker Allo Kali + Allo Piano 2.1
Very fast application. Quick setup - unfortunately I have a network problem here and am waiting for the networker to arrive. So far I'm going through "media servers" which has a number of limitations (bad search, sorting songs from the album alphabetically and not in order). For network troubleshooting, I've noticed that Volumio does write down the apparent cause of the problem, but I'm not sure it identifies it correctly, plus it flashes it at me very quickly. However, these are network problems - not Volumio. Any chance of an improvement ? Yes the ability to edit skins + if I'm controlling on PC I would welcome when I press the back button on the mouse and am in the "board" so if the page would return to the directory structure. The only problem I can identify is when I am in a directory that has lots of subfolders, and say 5 music files and I want to drop one of them - - it drops something completely different. But it's a marginal problem that can be easily solved by the user.
Rating - I've tried Moode player as well, but Volumio clearly leads the pack for me. A great and fast network player controllable both via pc and mobile/tablet.
Thanks

I love using volumio, easy to set up works great on raspberrypi 4 ,use of dac easy with setting dac device finds the type of dac automatically. Works great with touch screens only problems is payment.I would prefer to pay monthly over a year with no contract and free to cancel.yearly fee not fair as I don't use the service daily as I have many other sources for my music and equipment.

Happy - unhappy would be better! For a few years using volumio with many tears in my eyes. Sometimes happy, sometimes angry about the OS. Using it since version 2.1...something on Pi3B+ with IQAudio PiDigi+ had to worry about many issues. When there was no Spotify Connect had to use the LMS plugin. Installing this destroys the installation! So only internetradio or music from a NAS could be played! F... that. When Spotify connect comes out all worked fine. A few times... Then an update to the newest version of volumio ends in a new intallation! This happend more than 3 times! Time to quit... no, using Moode or Ropieee to see what's going on there. Worked better but sound's ok... Volumio sounds better! Now, with volumio3 the IQAudio-HAT is no longer supported! Settings for a similar HifiBerry-HAT worked but didn't sound right... Maybe volumio gets a comback on the PI when this issue is history.

I looked into volumio. It sounded perfect for streaming Tidal in two locations in my house. I built two raspberry pi streamers with DACs. I didn't mind the subscription if the system worked well. But Tidal integration was poor (even volumio agree) it hangs up, sometimes works sometimes doesn't. I wouldn't mind if it was a one off cost, but subscription is too much for an experimental product. A superb idea, and when integration is fixed I will re join.

I looked at Volumio on a 4GB Raspberry without a DAC attachment. I connected Volumio to my Denon AVR via HDMI and was able to play my music from the NAS just fine. What many don't know, almost all AVRs basically process all input signals digitally with their own built in DAC because of room adjustment and loudness, etc. An external DAC only makes sense if the analog input is "looped through" from the receiver.
I then got the Volumio test account to try out Tidal Connect - that also worked - but that's not how I wanted to control and manage my local and streamed music - I want to have all my music in one application - unfortunately Volumio can't do that.
I then got the solution from the company Teufel with the app Raumfeld to try out. This solution can do everything I was looking for. Just great - that's exactly what I would have expected from Volumio.
I have therefore terminated my subscription with Volumio - I think Volumio still has a long way to go - good luck.

I'm trying to run Volumio 3 on a Raspberry Pi 4 with HiFiBerry DAC2 Pro and Usparkle 15.6" touchscreen, with the analog audio output going to an inexpensive 300W stereo amp. I'm building all this to put in an old radio cabinet to make a kind of modern juke box. The DAC2 Pro is not selectable in the Volumio options, but the DAC+ Pro setting seems to work well. The sound is kind of thin, and lacking an integrated software equalizer of any sort in Volumio doesn't help. I had to add an outboard car equalizer to make it listenable. It sounds good now. Volumio doesn't work with my existing '.M3U' playlists, so I've had to figure out how to port them over to the format that Volumio uses. I'm able to listen my library of 10,000+ songs ripped from CDs and vinyl all loaded on a NAS. Volumio shuffles them well. Improvements I'd like to see in Volumio are the ability to sort the music library by Year, the addition of the aforementioned equalizer, and the ability to calibrate the touchscreen, though, I realize that isn't really Volumio's problem.

Initially I was using Kodi on an android tv box as an audio streamer and to play local files.
Now switched to a Rpi which I still had laying around and installed Volumio on it.
I use the USB port of the Rpi to connect to an asynchronous DAC, this works great (no noise, jitter because of the asynchronous DAC).
I am pleased with the simplicity and easy of use of Volumio.
Volumio app is easy to use, has a nice layout and local files are very easy to browse through.

Feels like they’re charging premium $$ for a Beta version of their software. Premium features (Tidal) don’t work consistently, and the pricing model doesn’t make sense. I can buy a new dedicated Tidal connect device for the price of a three year volumio subscription, and I won’t have to supply the hardware. Not worth the price for the premium subscription if all you want is tidal connect

Have a budget TEAC UDH01 Dac that I like and is good quality albeit not sought after due to it's age....+ no streaming capabilities.
My 10 year old LENOVO laptop (WINDOWS 7) was the source of the TEAC and problematic and it was virtually impossible to install W10 onto the laptop. I installed VOLUMIO and voila Magique > the TEAC DAC runs problem-free and sounds awesome w/VOLUMIO interface. Definitely well designed and engineered software.

I liked the fact that you can install it on a USB drive (that's exactly what I did). Tested in the free version playing DSD format. I set the volume in the Volumio program interface to 30%, on the amplifier the volume control was turned off for about 11 hours. Launched the DSD file. Volumio reproduced a sound similar to "white noise" at maximum volume. After that, on my acoustics, the high-frequency speakers + high-frequency filter capacitors + tubes in the preamplifier failed. I'm not sure about the lamps, maybe it's a coincidence. This happened when playing the DSD format in the free version, the volume control in the Volumio interface does not work and the DSD format is played at 100% volume, only instead of the music itself, a sound similar to "white noise" is played, but if you raise the volume to 100%, then already music is playing. This is, in part, my fault, because before that I used Foobar and there is the same problem. Then I signed up a Volumio test Premium account and everything is in order there, the sound is regulated. It took about 1 month to restore my audio path. It's a shame, but I didn't manage to listen to Volumio normally. It would probably not be bad to make a warning in the interface of the free Volumio before playing the DSD format.

I'm a hobbyst and I use the free version of Volumio. Tried it several times in Raspberry PI during the years. It's a nice interface. I understand the intention of the latest versions to introduce a paid tier, but it's a cost I cannot afford (specially if it's ongoing). So I've stuck to the older versions, but they don't seem to work well with Spotify. So for now I've decided to stick to piCorePlayer and LMS as server (I've got a Squeezebox too). But for anyone ready to pay the price the new Volumio is a very good option.

Volumio is interesting and nice for nerds/geeks but it has unfortunately many bugs or situations where it does not work as expected. E.g.: Even I installed the touchscreen plugin, it does not appear. It just shows the normal "browser"- view. Playing songs from Spotify often just lags/hangs up.
The documentation is often from version 2, although version 3 is live since years.