liffy99 wrote: > Thanks for all the comments guys and apologies for my lack of knowledge. > Sure, I have an LMS system running but I got there pretty much by > following instructions rather than acquiring any knowledge of Linux, > nomenclature etc. Talk of clients, servers, distros etc just gets me > confused ! > By the way I have a RPI 3, running picoreplayer ( I assume this is the > 'client', and LMS on the Vortexbox the server, and Squeezepad on the > IPad simply accesses LMS over wifi. > Perhaps I have asked the wrong sort of question, so let's assume I have > nothing and want to build a system from scratch. What would I need ? > 1) A Windows PC ( the server) > 2) music Library (FLAC) stored on PC hard drive > 3) LMS running on PC ( or an alternative as the GUi is a bit dated now > and I may want to handle films later) > 4) A client that receives streamed music from the server and feeds my > stereo (picoreplayer player, or alternative, on the client ( eg RPI, > squeezebox etc) > 5) Tablet software to access and control LMS > > When it was suggested running everything on a RPI what was meant ? Just > having a single RPI connected to a hard drive ( would this just store > the music library or other software ?). Would LMS and, say, picoreplayer > all fit on the RPI SD card ? And how then do I get files onto the hard > disk ? > > Oh for a diagram ! > > Cheers
Deep Breath ;) The latest version of Picoreplayer has an option to install LMS. Therefore you can make a Pi that is both Player(Client) and LMS(Server) all in one. I'll keep this simple ! The LMS needs a Music store. With LMS on Pcp this can be a USB Hard drive (it can be lots of things but as I said keep it simple) To get your music onto the USB Disk you can turn the Pi off and plug you USB HDD into your desktop, easy but not very elegant ! In Pcp there is (Now) also a system called samba this allows you to transfer Music for PC (Or MAC) over the network, Much more elegant ! If you have other player or wish to add them this first Pi can also sever music to them. To try it out all you need is an external USB HDD and a usdcard (I only use 8GB ones) ! I would be happy to help you try it. As for controllers there are Sooooo Many ! :) Ipeng on iOS, Orangesqueeze on Android, Jivelite on windows mac and linux (and if you really want to push the envelope IR remote and Pi Touchscreen Hope this helps Jeff *Players:* SliMP3,Squeezebox3 x3,Receiver,SqueezePlayer,PiCorePlayer x3,Wandboard *Server:* LMS Version: 7.9.0 - 1475786002 on Centos 7 VM on ESXi 6 on Dell T320 *Plugins:* AutoRescan/BBCiPlayer/PowerSave/PowerSwitchIII/Squeezecloud *Remotes:* iPeng8/Orangesqueeze/PC/Jivelite *Music:* 383GB,1269 albums 17756 songs 4381 artists mostly FLACs *Want a webapp ?* See http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?104305-Webapp-for-LMS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff07971's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=49290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107002 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
