Redrum wrote: > You need to use what works for you. Whatever you are most comfortable > with. It seems your preference is toward your solution, so that's great! > I think we just offered you an alternative that allot of us use. > > I am not a pi hardware expert, I just use 'em, but many here are. If you > look around at a few threads, many feel the heat concern is overblown. I > have a 3b+ and a 4 running LMS and I can't tell the difference. I also > can't tell the difference on performance/response, but perhaps that's > just because I am not paying attention. Like I said, a 3b+ is fine for > me. I have a 4 because I gave my other 3b+ to setup a friend, and he > bought me a 4 in return. I think others are using 2's and even zero W's > (but I prefer a LAN connection for my server). > > It's funny you mention the power consumption of vintage electronics, as > I have a couple old rotel integrated amps that are always on (because > you can't remotely turn them off). At my cabin I have an old arcam A65, > and a schitt dac that I use with a touch, that are always on (when I'm > there) for the same reason. I guess when I mentioned the low power > consumption of the pi, it was more of a "bonus". I guess I am find > spending a little $ to use the old analog gear I've owned forever. > > Not to take this thread totally off the rails, but the "smart switch" > you recommended, I have been looking all over for something similar that > could be controlled with *IR* so I could power the vintage stuff along > with everything else with a Harmony remote. You would think that someone > would make it but it seems that they all use the 300MHz (US) > intermittent band to solve "line of sight". I have not found one other > than X10 which is alot of hardware for a simple task. I have been > thinking of buying a smart switch and putting an IR front end on it. > Maybe some day > > Jim
You mentioned there was no noticeable difference in heat and performance between Pi3B+ and Pi4. Do the two units of yours have the same amount of RAM? I assume that may affect performance somehow? What is the optimal amount of RAM needed for LMS? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ verycd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=49940 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114874 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
