jdunham wrote: > Thanks, I guessed that was the case. I don't know how the output might > be controlled though, as you say USB in an unknown and one of those I'm > considering (a Cortex A9 based one) has a separate audio out as well as > S/PDIF. > > Does anyone have any experience running a flavour of Unix on any of > these boxes? > > Its not that I'm tight spending £4 on SB Player from the Play Store, but > since I use Squeezelite and other player software already I'd like to > stick to one of those if I can.
I don't think you can run any flavour of *nix on them they are designed for Android. I would expect USB audio to work but have never tried it on an Android. SB Player is I think a port of Squeezelite to Android. It works OK at 16/44.1 on my Amazon Fire TV but in terms of pure LMS player I prefer a Pi with either USB or a HAT based DAC. *Vortexbox LMS 7.9 music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* iThingys/iPeng/Tablets *Living Room* - SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 - > Celestion Ditton F20s - Zone 2 -> Sony TA FE 320 -> Sennheiser RS 130 & B&W P7 *Office* - RPi -> Sony TA FE320 -> Celestion F10s / SB3 -> Onkyo CRN 755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - SB Touch -> Topping TP21 -> AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - Amazon Fire TV (SB Player) -> Topping TP20 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106450
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