All getting a bit techy for me now :) So lots of thinking to do but from my point of view, I will consider the following options;
1) Do nothing. Continue to run LMS via Vortexbox over wifi to my Raspberry Pi> Pros - no cost, all working at the moment Cons - my VBA and IMac are now 4- 7 years old so will need updating at some point. LMS GUI is no longer that attractive. Not sure if / how well this set up might handle movies (and then I'd probably need a blu ray drive anyway). USB is 2.0 only. 2) Put server and music library onto a new PC and ditch the Vortexbox, continue to stream to Raspberry Pi and use IPad as remote control (I use Squeezepad at the moment). Pros - I lose a box, some wires and am not dependent of trying to access the VBA remotely. New PC may be much less power hungry than a 27" IMac (as I would need to leave it on). USB 3.0 installed. Cons - might be expensive (a new Mac or fanless Windows PC will both be well into 4 figures). New Mac does not have a CD/DVD drive so would need an external one. SSD storage will cost a bomb for 1-2Tb). 3) Put server and player software on the Raspberry Pi. Feed with SSD music library directly attached. Pros - low power consumption, playback not dependent on wifi (although Ipad remote control of music library still needed), 'samba' may allow me to add new music over wifi to the Raspberry / SSD (apparently). Cons - SSD storage still expensive. Does Raspberry USB connection have enough oomph to power the SSD drive ? Still need to grapple with remote access from time to time. Does Raspberry Pi 3 have USB 2 or 3 (does it matter for speedy access of the SSD drive ?). Will still need to replace my IMac at some point. Which software to use is still confusing me though (I have looked at Roon etc). At present LMS sits on my VBA and is hooked up over wifi to the Raspberry Pi. Access to music library is through Squeezepad on my Ipad. Do the alternatives offer something similar ? When I have looked at Plex and Roon for example I get the impression that the player end of things enables the user to play from their chose device, rather than use it to control the server. I do not want / need to play music on my Ipad but I do want it to control the music library played through my Raspberry Pi. Hope I'm making sense. Cheers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107002 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
