I just bought the Raspberry Pi 5 with an NVMe SSD and PiOS pre-loaded. I am building my own Head Unit for my car, but I plan to have Python running a custom script in the back-end services.
I want to know if loading/installing/running this product will completely hi-jack the normal GUI desktops available to a Linux-based system? (Also, I want to be able to use RDP to log in occasionally if necessary and still want that GUI desktop.)
I know how to use SSH and sFTP and that's not an issue, but I just want to know what I'm "getting into" prior to install.
(Also... should I really just run the install under my normal permissions, or should I run it as "sudo"?)
I just bought this product but I have some fears
Re: I just bought this product but I have some fears
Hello,
Hudiy is simply a graphical application that runs under Raspberry Pi/Debian OS. During the installation process, Hudiy installs the dependencies required for its operation from the official APT repository of the operating system. It also preconfigures services such as Bluetooth and PipeWire so that features like HandsFree Profile, A2DP, and the equalizer are ready to use. For older Raspberry Pi versions (Zero 2, 3B, 3B+), console mode is also activated (disabling the desktop environment) to save GPU resources and ensure Hudiy runs smoothly. You still retain full access to the operating system, as well as system administrator privileges, allowing you to run any programs and modify the system as you wish.
You shouldn't run installer with sudo - installer will automatically invokes sudo while necessary.
Hudiy is simply a graphical application that runs under Raspberry Pi/Debian OS. During the installation process, Hudiy installs the dependencies required for its operation from the official APT repository of the operating system. It also preconfigures services such as Bluetooth and PipeWire so that features like HandsFree Profile, A2DP, and the equalizer are ready to use. For older Raspberry Pi versions (Zero 2, 3B, 3B+), console mode is also activated (disabling the desktop environment) to save GPU resources and ensure Hudiy runs smoothly. You still retain full access to the operating system, as well as system administrator privileges, allowing you to run any programs and modify the system as you wish.
You shouldn't run installer with sudo - installer will automatically invokes sudo while necessary.
Hudiy Team
Re: I just bought this product but I have some fears
So what you are saying is that as long as the "application" is not running there is no changes to the default uses/abilities of Bluetooth and Audio?
(My Python script (a custom-coded A.I.) also needs access to the audio stuff, so will the HUDiy deployment lock the audio ports during running so that my python code will not have access to them?)
(My Python script (a custom-coded A.I.) also needs access to the audio stuff, so will the HUDiy deployment lock the audio ports during running so that my python code will not have access to them?)
Re: I just bought this product but I have some fears
For the equalizer, Hudiy uses a plugin loaded into PipeWire at application startup. Similarly, the echo cancel module is loaded when Hudiy starts. Bluetooth HFP and A2DP are configured directly in PipeWire and remain active the entire time PipeWire is running. The PipeWire architecture allows audio to be used by multiple applications simultaneously. Likewise, BlueZ allows Bluetooth to be used by multiple applications at the same time. What lock of audio ports do you mean exactly?
Hudiy Team
Re: I just bought this product but I have some fears
My AI will listen to a microphone and wait for the wake word and then respond out through a output device.
I'm expecting that I will have USB input and output devices and I will have them directly into the python script but I don't think that it necessarily locks them I just didn't know if HUD IY locks them...
I'm expecting that I will have USB input and output devices and I will have them directly into the python script but I don't think that it necessarily locks them I just didn't know if HUD IY locks them...
Re: I just bought this product but I have some fears
I might actually try to load the software onto the Pi tonight and at least get that part of it working so that I can then see how everything else is going to work.
(I haven't even had a chance to look at the instructions yet but I'm thinking that my next question might be answered within there...)
I'm guessing that the application will automatically launch on boot up of the Pi or it probably has a configurable option to let the user decide if they want it to automatically launch the app on boot up or to leave a user to have to click or launch it?
(I haven't even had a chance to look at the instructions yet but I'm thinking that my next question might be answered within there...)
I'm guessing that the application will automatically launch on boot up of the Pi or it probably has a configurable option to let the user decide if they want it to automatically launch the app on boot up or to leave a user to have to click or launch it?
Re: I just bought this product but I have some fears
Okay... I just read through the installation instructions, and it says that it boots right to the HUDiy application.
However, does it automatically launch the application for RDP sessions, or for those does it give the normal Linux GUI Desktop? (I ask because although it's not OVERLY important I just don't want to go into this without all the information. I do use RDP quite a bit, but I also know how to use SSH if I have to although Linux/PiOS has some nice file editing tools if/when I have to do the changes there.)
However, does it automatically launch the application for RDP sessions, or for those does it give the normal Linux GUI Desktop? (I ask because although it's not OVERLY important I just don't want to go into this without all the information. I do use RDP quite a bit, but I also know how to use SSH if I have to although Linux/PiOS has some nice file editing tools if/when I have to do the changes there.)