Redrum wrote: > There are multiple lengthy discussions on "getting started" and "how to" > that we can give you thread links to if you want. There are also alot of > "which one is best" > > Having said that, I have two LMS only servers, one on a 3b+ and one on a > 4. The 3b+ is fine, the 4 is faster (full music rescans, etc). I would > not hesitate to use a 3B+ again, but since the 4's are only a tad bit > more $, many will say "use a 4". I know that others have used pi zero's > etc, but UI have no experience. Perhaps others can chime in. > > It also depends on what you want to do. If you just want to use > picoreplayer to basically replace the deficiencies of mysqueezebox.com > (fix https, etc), I would think you could use anything. If you want to > know rip your 1000's of CD's :) you are best to get a 3b+ or later. > > In case it's not obvious, picoreplayer is a "player" (like your touch > with no built in UI) that can also load and run LMS to be a server. I > use it only as a server (disable the squeezelite player). But, you could > get an inexpensive audio hat for the pi (analog or digital out) and have > another player in the process if you like. There is no UI, but you could > control with your touch, or just sync with your touch, or use phones, > pads, etc to control. > > Jim
I measured the power consumtion of an old laptop running LMS. About 10W while running LMS alone and 0.2W at sleep. I guess, based on my listening time (maxium 100Hs a month), if I don't run it 24/7 as a dedicated server, the cost of playing music is $0.5 CAN . Running a Pi 400 24/7 will probably costs more (2.5w while idling). Either way, not a big deal but not a must investment because I don't have other use for the Pi 400 and I have more than 50,000 tracks on an external hard drive. The $120 second-hand HP laptop has much power for indexing and easy to operate since it's already hooked with external monitor, mouse and keyboard for other tasks. The only pain is I still couldn't figure out how to make the Wake On LAN (from squeezer app on the phone) work after 10 hours of trying. Guess I will settle for now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ verycd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=49940 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114874 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
