From a8e9a47409c0c8500370ec4614cbd16e44e4266c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexandre <44178713+alexbelgium@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2025 15:31:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: improve pulseaudio start for standalone

---
 birdnet-pi/CHANGELOG.md                               | 2 ++
 birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/81-modifications.sh | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/birdnet-pi/CHANGELOG.md b/birdnet-pi/CHANGELOG.md
index cc746c4cc..0825f2ac0 100644
--- a/birdnet-pi/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/birdnet-pi/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+## 2025.09.07 (07-09-2025)
+- Improve pulseaudio start when running container standalone
 ## 2025.08.23 (25-08-2025)
 - Minor bugs fixed
 ## 2025.08.22 (24-08-2025)
diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/81-modifications.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/81-modifications.sh
index 4e4b03623..6853455c3 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/81-modifications.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/81-modifications.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ fi
 
 # Allow pulseaudio system
 echo "... allow pulseaudio as root as backup"
-sed -i 's#pulseaudio --start#su - pi -c "pulseaudio --start"#g' "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/birdnet_recording.sh
+sed -i 's#pulseaudio --start#pulseaudio --start 2>/dev/null && pulseaudio --check || pulseaudio --system#g' "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/birdnet_recording.sh
 
 # Send services log to container logs
 echo "... redirecting services logs to container logs"