wildgoose wrote: > Another vote for pi and PiCorePlayer setup. :) > > My pi4 uses about 3.0w of power (measured using Emporia Smart Plug) > while doing stuff (1.55w while idle). It's actually overkill for LMS. > For that I use my pi3+, with a directly attached 256GB ssd (and a 16g > microSD). CPU is basically idle when streaming flac directly to my > multiple squeezeboxes. When transcoding hi-res to CD 16/44.1 wav (for my > original squeezebox sb1), cpu is just around 30%. Best of all, it's > completely silent, and rock solid. I leave it on 24x7 because its energy > usage is like noise compare to the rest of the house. > > my windows i7 on the other hand uses about 160w at idle. 200+w when I am > doing stuff. Despite buying "quiet" components, it's not silent. I was > running LMS on my windows box couple of years ago. I swear when I > switched to PCP, LMS GUI response felt snappier.
I have a Pi3 (I think it's the B model, with built-in wifi), though it's fussy because the last time I upgraded wifi in my house I bought Orbi. I've used it as a player, though not as a server. Question: can I run a conventional external HD off a Pi, (think portable, small), or do spinning discs draw too much power? s. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ satkinsn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114361 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
