verycd wrote: > I measured the power consumtion of an old laptop running LMS. 9-10W > 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 (pretty and with better heat management) 24/7 costs more (2.5W at > idle) untill I double my listening time. My vintage receivers use about > almost same electricity at idle as at work, more than 30W. So either > way, not a big deal but not a must investment because I don't have other > use for the Pi 400 and there are more than 52,000 tracks on an external > hard drive. The $120 second-hand HP note has more processing power and > 12G of RAM 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 the ritualistic walking and pressing the button now. An > older version of the Squeeze Player app works well on an repurposed > phone so I can sync music and control volumes separately now on squeezer > instead of powering the two sets of speakers in two rooms with one > receiver and long cables when I want the same music playing.
Your original post reflected disappointment that the touch stand alone operation (mysb.com) was not maintained like other devices, like phones. It would not update/play old radio station urls as radio urls migrate from http to https. Sometimes the old http streams are alive, sometimes not. This is due to the fact that mysb.com has not been maintained for years, however, logitech has kept it alive for legacy purposes. The suggested answer to fix the problem for your touch is to have something running LMS. You asked for a solution where you didn't have to keep the PC on, so many of us suggested the raspberry pi. Sorry if maybe we (I) pushed too hard, a lot of us adore the fact that you can run a extremely versatile and powerful music server on such an inexpensive platform, myself included. Of course a lot of other hardware, PC's, Phones, etc can have a more convenient and robust UI (like the podcast interface as you mentioned), but, if you try the material skin on your phone, PC, pad, it has a real nice UI, and fairly decent podcast management. In summary to your op,yes, maintenance of the sb devices as standalone devices was dropped when logitech discontinued the line, but maintenance and development of the product line and ecosystem/LMS lived on thanks to the members of this community and especially those that contribute their time in development (thank you, thank you, thank you!). The important thing is you found a solution that works for you. After all, it's all about the music, eh? :) Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Redrum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114874 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
