Redrum wrote:
> There are multiple lengthy discussions on "getting started" and "how to"
> that we can give you thread links to if you want. There are also alot of
> "which one is best"
>
> Having said that, I have two LMS only servers, one on a 3b+ and one on a
> 4. The 3b+ is fine, the 4 is faster (full music rescans, etc). I would
> not hesitate to use a 3B+ again, but since the 4's are only a tad bit
> more $, many will say "use a 4". I know that others have used pi zero's
> etc, but UI have no experience. Perhaps others can chime in.
>
> It also depends on what you want to do. If you just want to use
> picoreplayer to basically replace the deficiencies of mysqueezebox.com
> (fix https, etc), I would think you could use anything. If you want to
> know rip your 1000's of CD's :) you are best to get a 3b+ or later.
>
> In case it's not obvious, picoreplayer is a "player" (like your touch
> with no built in UI) that can also load and run LMS to be a server. I
> use it only as a server (disable the squeezelite player). But, you could
> get an inexpensive audio hat for the pi (analog or digital out) and have
> another player in the process if you like. There is no UI, but you could
> control with your touch, or just sync with your touch, or use phones,
> pads, etc to control.
>
> Jim
I measured the power consumtion of an old laptop running LMS. About 10W
while running LMS alone and 0.2W at sleep. I guess, based on my
listening time (maxium 100Hs a month), if I don't run it 24/7 as a
dedicated server, the cost of playing music is $0.5 CAN . Running a Pi
400 24/7 will probably costs more (2.5w while idling). Either way, not a
big deal but not a must investment because I don't have other use for
the Pi 400 and I have more than 50,000 tracks on an external hard drive.
The $120 second-hand HP laptop has much power for indexing and easy to
operate since it's already hooked with external monitor, mouse and
keyboard for other tasks.
The only pain is I still couldn't figure out how to make the Wake On LAN
(from squeezer app on the phone) work after 10 hours of trying. Guess I
will settle for now.
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