anglecard48 wrote: > Thanks all of you. I have ordered a Raspberry Pi and will dive into the > install and enjoyment next week I hope. > > I'd like and really appreciate your comments. > > Could I impose once more? I just want to summarize and have you check to > see if I understand all this correctly. > > - I have an SB Duet in my living room (main listening room). > - I do not have a PC to dedicate 24/7 in my main listening room (hifi > system) to run LMS and need to remedy that situation. > - I really only listen to streaming audio via Pandora and Internet radio > stations (maybe a one-day-in-the-future task will be to digitize my LPs > and stream them off a hard drive) > -The Raspberry pi is the ideal hardware device (small, cool, quiet, > capable, ships today, and inexpensive) that can work to operate my LMS > with my Duet > But... > -piCore Player is a higher-level application than the native Squeezebox > app that Duet uses, so I'll use piCore Player instead and will use my > Duet only as a remote. > > I believe I can use my laptop's monitor and keyboard to set up my > Raspberry pi via plugging into my router and looking up Raspberry pi IP > address on the router. So I won't need a Raspberry keyboard and monitor. > > - There is a Raspberry pi OS and OS lite that is available from > raspberrypi.org. It seems that one uses a micro sd card to get a > download app from pc to Raspberry pi. > - Once Raspberry pi is plugged in and operational, I will download LMS > from Logitech Squeezebox and install it on the Raspberry pi. > NOTE: one respondent instructed that: "If you want your server PC to > also be a player, you install the "Local Player" plugin." I don't > exactly know what that means. > - Once the server is running, I'll download, install, and configure my > piCorePlayer to "use this instance of LMS as its server" (I don't > exactly know what that last part in quotes means). > - piCore Player will appear on my LMS as a Squeezelite player called > piCorePlayer > > Question 1: will I need my Squeezebox receiver? > Question 2: Currently I am not able to connect my SB Duet Receiver or > Controller to mysb. I have a post on the Duet stream. Will that cause > problems when I attempt tp go the piCore Player route? > Question 3: Currently I use a Topping DAC. Would I line into that DAC > from my Raspberry pi? Or does Raspberry pi line in to the SB receiver > and then line into the Topping DAC? > > My system consists of: > Turntable -- ProJect > CD Player -- Rotel > Streamer -- SB Duet (LMS on MacBook Air when available) > DAC -- Topping D30 > Preamp -- Reference Line Preeminence One > Amp -- SAE Mark 31B > Speakers -- WOW1s > > Many, many thanks.
PiCorePlayer is an operating system specifically designed to be an LMS sever and a player, you don't need any other operating system for the Pi. I use Pi USB > Topping E30 DAC > active speakers. You don't need your receiver part of the Duet, you can use your controller part of the Duet to control piCorePlayer (all one word). Connecting your piCorePlayer to mysqueezebox.com is iffy, I don't think you would need mySB.com for anything other than Tidal. Yes' you would set up the Raspberry Pi using a web browser on any machine connected to your network, you don't need to connect a screen, mouse, keyboard to your Pi. *Server - LMS 8.2.0 *Pi4B 4GB/Argon one case/pCP v7.0.1 - 75K library, playlists & LMS cache on SSD (ntfs) *Study -* Pi4/pCP 7.0.1/Topping E30 DAC/Ruark MR1 Mk2 *Lounge* - Pi2/pCP 6.0.0 > HiFiBerry DIGI+ > AudioEngine DAC1 > AVI DM5 *Dining Room* - Pi3B/pCP/Bluetooth/Echo Show 8 *Garage* - DAC32 > Edifier speakers *Spares* - 2xTouch, 1xSB Radio. 1xSB3, 6xRPi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kidstypike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10436 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114758 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
