cliveb wrote: > My Pi3 works perfectly as an LMS server. And I've got an old Pi1 running > as a player. > The extra capability of the Pi4 is welcome for lots of applications, but > not really relevant to us.
I slightly disagree. The weak point of the Pi to date has been the shared bus for the LAN & USB. In normal use it doesn't show itself but if you run 24/7 and have a bunch of synced players connected to it then you will notice some "drift" that you don't get with more traditional hardware. If I read correctly the Pi4 has 1. a true Gigabit LAN and 2. USB3 which I don't think share the same bus (yet to see it stated conclusively though). If this is the case a Pi4 with 2GB RAM and some USB3 attached storage will make a great LMS server. Overkill as a player without doubt and anything more than 2GB RAM would be a waste of money for a server. I'll be interested to see how the guys who develop piCorePlayer decide to deal with the increased RAM available. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - Pi2+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - SB Touch ->Sherwood AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s Everything controlled by iPeng ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110690 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
