Enabling HiFiBerry sound card in OSMC

OSMC supports HiFiBerry boards out of the box. All it takes is a few tweaks to enable it.

  1. Select My OSMC and enter Pi Config.
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  2. Select Hardware Support and choose your HiFiBerry in the Soundcard Overlay parameter.
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  3. Restart your Raspberry Pi.
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  4. Select Settings.
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  5. Select System.
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  6. Select Audio output and set the Audio output device parameter to ALSA: Default (snd_rpi_hifiberry_dac Analog) (or something similar, depending on your HiFiBerry).
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  7. Enjoy!