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
Thanks but its a question of disc noise rather than speed in the case of atachment to the RPi - it's next to the stereo where I do my serious listening. A low cost HD would be OK if I went with the server option being upstairs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107002
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