finemind wrote: > If it actually resembled a raspberry pie, I might get away with it but I > can't smuggle in another device that needs plugging in after getting the > Synology just a few months back. This might lead to demands for the > sacrifice of a secondary (or tertiary) amp, power amp, tuner, cassette > deck etc if you get my drift (looking at the gear on your signature, you > probably do). > > It's very irritating that the Nas is the problem as running LMS on it to > have access to BBC LA programmes was what swung it for me. However, next > week, I have an Intel Nuc arriving as a replacement for my desktop and > if it's as quiet and cool-running as they promise I suppose I could run > LMS on that 24/7. Would it be easier to tweak and get access to listen > again on LMS I wonder? > > Thanks for your reply. Good grief, ditch the cassette deck! The RPi would be much more useful. Have you any idea how small and inconspicuous the RPi is? Mine just sits in a small black case in the tangle of wires hidden behind my PC looking like just another "wall wart".
If you are getting a NUC anyway and are prepared to run it 24/7 then that would be your most straightforward solution. I have a "backup" version of LMS on my PC for the odd occasion when the NAS was down. It ran as a service with an icon that sits in the notification area and was quick and reliable. My PC is a large Intel i5 monster with three 2TB hard drives and a hot graphics card - so consumes about 7 times the power of the NAS. Not something I would want to leave switched on 24/7! Just for comparison, my PC is about 100 watts, a NUC is about 28 watts, my Synology is about 15 watts and the Raspberry Pi is 2 watts. So although the NUC would use less electricity than one incandescent light bulb, you could run 15 Raspberry Pi with the same power! Matt http://www.last.fm/user/MJL-UK SQUEEZEBOXES:[/B] TWO SB DUETS (LIVING ROOM AND KITCHEN) AND A *'PICOREPLAYER' (HTTPS://SITES.GOOGLE.COM/SITE/PICOREPLAYER/HOME) [b]Server:* Raspberry PI with Squeezeplug & LMS 7.8. Music stored on Synology DS214 (2TB) NAS *Network:* Netgear DG834GT ADSL modem/router, Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH access point *Livingroom:* Receiver, Naim 42/110 amp, B&W CM2 speakers *Kitchen:* Receiver, Topping TP20 Mk2 Class T amp, B&W 686 speakers *Study:*piCorePlayer, Linn LP12, Naim 72/Hi-cap/Headline ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
