Stedek97 wrote: > I have a bunch of different pieces of equipment, but I have a big house > and I want to put something together that makes sense and has multi-room > functionality. As it is right now, I can't listen to the same thing in > more than one room, and I don't feel like I have a central location in > which to play music from. I wish to improve this with something smart > and (hopefully) simple. I'd like to work with my equipment if possible, > but I'm open to other ideas if I'm better off without it. > > Here's what all I have to work with: One Onkyo HIB (5 small speakers, > passive sub, tuner), One Yamaha Tuner, one cheap set of outdoor > speakers, one pc with a decent external speaker set, one macbook laptop, > a wireless network, and 2 ipods.
Just a quick note: The Onkyo HIB and the Yamaha tuner probably work with at least UPnP and maybe AirPlay. If they do UPnP, then they can be directly integrated in LMS but w/o synchronization which I understand is something you might want. If they do AirPlay, then you'll have audio sync as well. The PC and the macbook can run squeezelite and become 1st class member of LMS. I personally have a mix of UPnP, Chromecast, AirPlay, real SB and Pi-based devices. I also have a large house and want sync with all sort of dynamic group hence I wrote these plugin, including Group Players. Depending of your priorities and skills/interest in tinkering you can 1- Start with your existing devices and see if/how they can be integrated natively with LMS 2- Buy used SB boxes on eBay to use your existing equipment as just amp/speakers 3- Build Pi-based boxes as a variant of 2- 4- Buy new equipment which is compatible with LMS (AirPlay if you want sync). Most A/V units and speakers sets like Yamaha WX or Riva families are also compatible with AirPlay LMS 7.7, 7.8 and 7.9 - 5xRadio, 3xBoom, 4xDuet, 1xTouch, 1 SB2. Sonos PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz NR1603, JBL OnBeat, XBoxOne, XBMC, Foobar2000, ShairPortW, JRiver 21, 2xChromecast Audio, Chromecast v1 and v2, , Pi B3, B2, Pi B+, 2xPi A+, Odroid-C1, Odroid-C2, Cubie2, Yamaha WX-010, AppleTV 4, Airport Express, GGMM E5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ philippe_44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109764 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
