Over the Thanksgiving holiday I built a piCorePlayer LMS server on a Pi4 and a HiFiBerry DAC+ (which didn't fit...couldn't find a case...ordered a GeeekPi Raspberry Pi 4 Metal Case that I think I can mod with a couple of holes but that's another post).
I've been running LMS for 15 years on Windows Home Server...most recently Windows Server 2012 Essentials...and rather than building a new Windows Server I tried the Pi route - and holy cow, I wish I'd done this years ago. I have 4 players (2 Duets, 2 Booms) and have had periodic...connectivity issues...remote in my kitchen (for spouse to adjust volume) not connecting...players dropping out and needing rebooting...it just goes on and on. I have a 3 node Orbi and generally great WiFi...figured I probably needed to upgrade all my players (PolyVection is going to start shipping DAC32s again)...and this was just a whim. And...piCorePlayer is ROCK SOLID (donation sent :) ) - overnight I am re-invigorated to connect to my music and streaming. I brought them up side-by-side, manually copied config settings, then turned off the Windows version and repaired the devices (had to reset the Remote). It's just staggering...I can make a change and reboot...and the buffering just barely drops before it's back and streaming. @paul- great work, hugely appreciated. :D I do have one question though...didn't find anything in the docs or online...where _should_ I put my files? I used a 128GB microSD so I would put my approximately 60GB of music files...haven't really thought out the playlists...and I see that files are used in quite a few places. All the LMS dialogs have the microSD (home/mnt) and the piCorePlayer has options for a USB card (and network...so I could go to my Windows Server but I'm thinking I'm going to decommission that soon :). I haven't tried this but I assume I can pop the microSD card and directly transfer the files using a PC. In practice - where IS the best place to put files? Perhaps create a root folder on the microSD card? Use a USB stick? Any gotchas appreciated before I find myself down the "wrong patch". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ centerisl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=62445 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114828 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
