Which rPi did you have. I think the newer models have a more powerful processor. I use the 3B+
gstalnaker wrote: > For another perspective, > > My RPi journey ... > > I discontinued use of my RPi as an LMS server. I had it connected to > both > an external USB3 drive and later a Zyxel NAS326. Configuration > relatively > simple and it worked. Mostly. > > Why mostly? I have a very large library: 3400 albums (vast majority > classical, choral, opera, and jazz); 51,000 tracks. The horsepower of > the > RPi was capable of playing this collection (I have a Classic3 and an SB > Radio, so nothing complicated there). What I could hardly do was add to > it > .... when I asked LMS to rescan for new or changed music I had to wait > hours > for its completion. There are elements of the LMS ui that are not > available > during this time, mainly Genre, which is my preferred way of using LMS. > > I initially used piCP but hated having to delete-and-reinstall to > update, > especially with the rebuild library that required. > > I shifted to using a German RPi/LMS product called Max2Play, which is a > nice web UI that also includes options for most of the audio add-on > boards. > It's fault is that periodically, for me, at some future date after > install > and setup, the web UI would freak .... requiring a effing reinstall and > library rescan. > > Finally I did things the hard way and installed & configured the build > of > Debian for RPi on a new RPi board. Again all worked, but library rescans > remained abysmally long. > > Discovered that the Zyxel NAS326 comes with an older build of LMS7.2 so > figured what do I have to loose and gave it a try. Works very well, to > my > surprise. I don't know if it's the 4Gb mirrored drives, or having them > attached to the same board running the NAS326 software (a linux > variant), > but the library rescans are much faster, though not as fast as I'd > prefer, > but better. > > I don't thus have the latest and greatest LMS Mike, et. al have written > for > us because updating the NAS326 to use it is hard (dependencies are > difficult to address via SSH to it), it does work, is stable, and thus > I'm > happy. > > So, upshot is that for me my 3400 album collection proved too much for > the > RPi horse power ONLY when rescanning the library, which was fairly > frequent > as I'm buying new albums all the time. > > Your mileage may vary. > > Regards, > > Guy > > On Sun, Dec 9, 2018, 8:32 AM DCtoDaylight < > DCtoDaylight.8s0mrc (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: > > > > > Hi Guy's, > > I'm in a similar situation, my 2007 vintage ubuntu box is showing it's > > age, and I need to prepare for it's demise... The Raspberry PI is an > > interesting option, so a couple of quick questions for those using > one: > > Does pCP run a simplified version of LMS, or is it the full deal? > (like > > the touch can run a simplified version) > > Is there any issues using a moderate collection of Squeeze box > clients? > > I'm currently running 2 SB3's, a Touch, and a pair of Transporters. > > Cheers, Dave > > > > > > > > Audiophile wish list: Zero Distortion, Infinite Signal to Noise Ratio, > > and a Bandwidth from DC to Daylight > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > DCtoDaylight's Profile: > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7284 > > View this thread: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109848 > > > > *Home:* VBA 4TB (2.4)>LMS 7.9.1>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.4)>LMS 7.9.1>Touch> Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (Radio WIFI) *Office:* Win8(64) > LMS 7.9.1>Squeezelite *The Wild (no internet): *PiCorePlayer 4.0 on rPi 3B+, hifiberry Dac+Pro, 4TB USB (LMS & Squeezelite) *Controllers:* iPhone6 & iPadAir2 (iPeng & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win10(64) laptop *Files:* ripping: dbpa > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109848 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
