clskier wrote: > I'm trying to figure out what is the current choice for headless music > player. I see several posts throughout the past couple years discussing > softsqueeze, squeezeslave, squeezelite, and squeezeplay. Some say that > development has stopped and has been replaces by some other package. > I'm really confused what is the current software of choice. > > Some info about my setup if it is relevant. I am running an Ubuntu > server as my central NAS. This server is running LMS 7.8 and is > connected to my stereo. I also have three squeezeboxes around the > house. In a perfect world, I'd like the Ubuntu server to show up as > another squeezebox on my Squeezebox app on my phone that could be synced > up with all my other boxes. > > Thanks
I run LMS on a QNAP NAS in a separate room from my HiFi, to minimise the sound of hard drives etc. It runs 24/7 and located is next to the router, to which it is attached by ethernet cable. The headless player of choice for me is a Raspberry Pi running pCorePlayer (which uses Squeezelite), either with a HiFiBerry DAC (or similar) if connecting it straight to the amplifier, or via USB to a separate DAC. I hook the Rasperries up to LMS via WiFi, which in my house seems faultless. (I also have an SB Touch and an SB3). I use a Raspberry Pi with a headphone DAC as a separate headphone unit when I don't want to fire up the HiFi (I am a bit of an insomniac and frequently listen to music in the wee small hours). The advantage of piCorePlayer is that it runs entirely from RAM once booted, so you can turn it off by yanking the power cable. I don't see why you couldn't set up squeezelite on the Ubuntu box. I control the system wither via the LMS web app or one of the Android or iOS apps. Robert Touch > DacMagic 100 > Naim Audio Nait 3 > Mission 752 (plus Rega Planar 3 and Naim CD3) 2 x Squeezebox Radios, 1 X Squeezebox 3 SqueezePad, iPeng, Squeezeplay, piCorePlayer/HiFiBerry, piCorePlayer>DacMagic XS QNAP TS-239, LMS 7.9 last.fm/user/GrumpyBob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Grumpy Bob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41857 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103180 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
