I agree the jargon can be a problem if you have not been following the forum and using the products. Since your new to Logitech media server (LMS) and squeezebox system, a high level overview might be helpful. First, LMS is the music server which handles delivering music files (from your own library or internet streaming) to squeezebox devices. Second, is the squeezebox devices as the Radio, Touch, Transporter, etc., or a device running squeezelite. Except for the Radio and Boom, the second device will transmit analog or digital output to your stereo. In other words you need both LMS and a second device to play music on an audio system.
LMS can run on a windows 10, Mac, or Linux. If you dont have a Logitech physical equipment ( Radio, Touch, etc.) is where squeezelite is used. You can run squeezelite on a windows machine to listen to music on the computer. Finally, there is picoreplayer (PCP) which runs on a raspberry pi and is able to run both the LMS server and a player (squeezelite) to deliver analog or digital output to your audio system. See https://www.picoreplayer.org/. The PCP option is nice because the system can be run on a tiny standalone pi which does not require the overhead of running a windows10 computer. I use pcp to run LMS and I followed the instructions on the website and I dont know Linux. You mentioned Yamaha Music-cast, when I looked at the website it appears it offer similar functions as LMS. It mentioned the internet music services, but it did not mention if you can play your own music library. Some more detail of what you want to do and what physical equipment you have would help others on the forum give you more detailed suggestions. Jivelite is a graphical software used by those with the technical skills to build their own Touch. I have not used it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Nelson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58158 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115467
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