d6jg wrote: > Yes you could use a Windows 7 laptop with HDMI or with a USB cable - the > latter is likely to work without any fiddling but in either case may > need to be permanently attached or you could find yourself having to > power off the DAC every time you connect. > You would need to install either squeezelite (command line player) or > squeezeplay (has a GUI) or a windows app (from the app store) called > squeezelite-x > The first 2 are maintained by user ralphy and you can find at - > https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/ > The latter is available from the Windows app store but you may need W10 > for it > However W7 is no longer supported so if you a serious about digital > music and LMS then go the Pi route - it uses hardly any power so can be > permanently on and can be both a player and a server - once you have > gone that way you will not look back. > You will sit on the couch and control your playlist from a phone or > tablet using the Material skin plugin with no Windows PC in the chain. > > Your music files would be on a USB disk attached to a Pi acting as > server which could be wired to your router with another Pi as a player > behind your HiFi or you could site a single Pi as player/server behind > your HiFi - if it is a server it is much better if it is cabled and has > a fixed IP address. > > Alternatively if you have a NAS you can keep your files there and point > the Pi server at it. > > First question. Have you got LAN near the HiFi?
This additional info is great. I will go through and try to understand it. Not having a Windows PC in the chain would definitely be a positive. The laptop would just be temporary until I get the Pi project set up. (I do plan to upgrade my desktop computer from Windows 7 to 10, so would probably upgrade the laptop as well.) I don't have a LAN near the HiFi. I used to run a Cat 7 30 foot cable from my router (attached to the desktop I work on and which has my music files currently) to the Duet in the room with the HiFi. Then I switched to WiFi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ basslover's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38572 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113191 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
