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TonyTromp · Feb 3, 2022 · dfc0098 · dfc0098
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 * Note! This modification is work-in-progress 
 And requires manual editting of the HifiBerryOS files.
 If you are not comfortable with editting in Linux environment, wrongly modifying these files can lead to a non-working HifiBerryOS system. Therefore: ALWAYS make a backup of files that you are about to change. You do this modication at your own risk.
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+* CURRENT ISSUES *
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+Right now the solution ONLY works when running the AudioControl2 process in the foreground.
+This might has something todo with the Threading i am polling the information in Python.
+The result is that, if you start this service as background job (e.g. systemctl start audiocontrol2) it will not work.
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 * Installation
 
 1. You can either run the ./install.sh script or create the symbolic link manually.
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  mpris.register_nonmpris_player(tdctl.playername,tdctl)
  ```
 
-5. Restart the AudioControl2 Daemon
+5. Testing
  ```
  # Stop AudioControl2 Daemon
  systemctl stop audiocontrol2
 
- # Start AudioControl2 Daemon
- systemctl start audiocontrol2
+ # Start AudioControl2 in the foreground 
+ # (NOTE due to threading bug this is needed)
+ python3 /opt/audiocontrol2/audiocontrol2.py
  ```
 
 6. Done!!!... Now open your HifiBerryOS webpage and start a song... you should see track metadata in the player. (controls from WEBUI still needs to be implemted. Controls work via Phone.)