Jeff07971 wrote: > Samba does allow file transfer its been doing for me for 15 years and > for a few weeks on Picoreplayer it took around 10 minutes to set up. > > > > I do not remember anyone mentioning an SSD, if they did they should be > ignored, it would be completely pointless. Using a high cost, high > speed, low storage capacity device where you want a low cost low speed > high capacity device is nonsense. SSD's take FAR less power than a > spinner but a spinner AND pi total is likely to be only 5-10 watts. A > spinning HDD will be more than fast enough unless you have around 30 > players playing FLAC's or high res files, you will have hit other > problems before the HDD becomes the limit. > I have used WD Elements 1Tb before. They can be had for £50 > > http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/search-keywords/xx_xx_71595_xx_xx/elements%2Bportable/xx-criteria.html
Yes use a normal spinning drive . Power consumption use a powered hub or a good old 3,5" drive with it's own psu :) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107002
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