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System Information

Device

Device Name Cox
Device Type Raspberry Pi 500 DE Version

Raspberry Pi 500

Networking

Address Type

10.20.0.94

Wi-Fi

Ethernet

Hardware

Name Type Notes
Device Raspberry Pi 500 Single Circuit Board Computer integrated into a keyboard casing. German language keyboard variant.
Processor Quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76
Memory 8GB PDDR4X SDRAM
Storage MicroSD Card: 32GB

Raspberry Pi A2-Class MicroSD Card

Pre-programmed with Raspberry Pi OS

Display Raspberry Pi Monitor 15.6"
Sound In/Out Bluetooth Headset

Raspberry Pi 500 Back Schematics

Software

At the time of first installation/writing

Name Description Notes
OS

Raspberry Pi OS - Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)


Sound

PulseAudio (on PipeWire 1.4.2)


libsdl2-dev

2.32.4+dfsg-1


pulseaudio-utils

17.0+dfsg1-2+rpt1


ffmpeg

version 7.1.3-0+deb13u1+rpt1


whisper.cpp v1.8.2 (2025-10-15) Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++ (MIT Licence)
Model

ggml-base.bin


ollama

 



Model

tmux

3.5a-3


build-essential

12.12


git

1:2.47.3-0+deb13u1


cmake

3.31.6-2


ffmpeg

ffmpeg

 

ffmpeg version 7.1.3-0+deb13u1+rpt1 Copyright (c) 2000-2025 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 14 (Debian 14.2.0-19)

configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0+deb13u1+rpt1 --toolchain=hardened --incdir=/usr/include/aarch64-linux-gnu --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --disable-libmfx --disable-mmal --disable-omx --enable-gnutls --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libglslang --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --disable-sndio --disable-libvpl --libdir=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu --arch=arm64 --enable-neon --enable-v4l2-request --enable-libudev --enable-epoxy --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-vout-drm --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-ladspa --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-libdvdnav --enable-libdvdread --enable-libjack --enable-libpulse --enable-librabbitmq --enable-librist --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libx264 --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-sand --enable-sdl2 --enable-libplacebo --enable-librav1e --enable-pocketsphinx --enable-librsvg --enable-libjxl --enable-shared

libavutil      59. 39.100 / 59. 39.100
libavcodec     61. 19.101 / 61. 19.101
libavformat    61.  7.100 / 61.  7.100
libavdevice    61.  3.100 / 61.  3.100
libavfilter    10.  4.100 / 10.  4.100
libswscale      8.  3.100 /  8.  3.100
libswresample   5.  3.100 /  5.  3.100
libpostproc    58.  3.100 / 58.  3.100

pactl

pactl

 

Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 35
Server Protocol Version: 35
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 77
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: mela
Host Name: Cox
Server Name: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 1.4.2)
Server Version: 15.0.0
Default Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: auto_null
Default Source: auto_null.monitor
Cookie: 56a6:8e1c

Pipewire

Pipewire
mela@Cox:~ $ systemctl --user status pipewire pipewire-pulse wireplumber --no-pager
● pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2026-01-07 17:21:03 CET; 3 days ago
 Invocation: d54a55bb3ef54b47b454d6cb42d5e273
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
   Main PID: 1334 (pipewire)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 9571)
        CPU: 34ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire.service
             └─1334 /usr/bin/pipewire

Jan 07 17:21:03 Cox systemd[1301]: Started pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service.
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox pipewire[1334]: mod.rt: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Servi…nknown
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox pipewire[1334]: mod.rt: RTKit does not give us MaxRealtimePriority, using 1
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox pipewire[1334]: mod.rt: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Servi…nknown
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox pipewire[1334]: mod.rt: RTKit does not give us MinNiceLevel, using 0
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox pipewire[1334]: mod.rt: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Servi…nknown
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox pipewire[1334]: mod.rt: RTKit does not give us RTTimeUSecMax, using -1

● pipewire-pulse.service - PipeWire PulseAudio
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2026-01-07 17:21:03 CET; 3 days ago
 Invocation: 1e32511184954e5d9e8903b4482f4731
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire-pulse.socket
   Main PID: 1345 (pipewire-pulse)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 9571)
        CPU: 27ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire-pulse.service
             └─1345 /usr/bin/pipewire-pulse

Jan 07 17:21:03 Cox systemd[1301]: Started pipewire-pulse.service - PipeWire PulseAudio.
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox pipewire-pulse[1345]: mod.rt: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.…known
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox pipewire-pulse[1345]: mod.rt: RTKit does not give us MaxRealtimePriori…ing 1
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox pipewire-pulse[1345]: mod.rt: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.…known
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox pipewire-pulse[1345]: mod.rt: RTKit does not give us MinNiceLevel, using 0
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox pipewire-pulse[1345]: mod.rt: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.…known
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox pipewire-pulse[1345]: mod.rt: RTKit does not give us RTTimeUSecMax, using -1

● wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2026-01-07 17:21:03 CET; 3 days ago
 Invocation: a5b8a90d609d4ec7a9111718a22690c1
   Main PID: 1342 (wireplumber)
      Tasks: 9 (limit: 9571)
        CPU: 183ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/wireplumber.service
             └─1342 /usr/bin/wireplumber

Jan 07 17:21:03 Cox systemd[1301]: Started wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Sessi…nager.
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox wireplumber[1342]: mod.rt: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Se…nknown
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox wireplumber[1342]: mod.rt: RTKit does not give us MaxRealtimePriority…sing 1
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox wireplumber[1342]: mod.rt: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Se…nknown
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox wireplumber[1342]: mod.rt: RTKit does not give us MinNiceLevel, using 0
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox wireplumber[1342]: mod.rt: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Se…nknown
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox wireplumber[1342]: mod.rt: RTKit does not give us RTTimeUSecMax, using -1
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox wireplumber[1342]: wp-internal-comp-loader: Loading profile 'main'
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox wireplumber[1342]: default: Failed to get percentage from UPower: org…oOwner
Jan 07 17:21:04 Cox wireplumber[1342]: [0:00:08.569845993] [1342]  INFO Camera camera_man…251202
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Possible better(?) model for German? 
https://huggingface.co/primeline/whisper-large-v3-german