greywing wrote: > Thanks, Jim. I will probably stick with the SQ Rcvr for the duration > but I have only limited knowledge on the "Touch" and "Pi" solutions. Do > you have any reference recommendations WRT these alternative solutions?
Since your power supply solved the problem, there is no reason to think your receiver doesn't have allot more life, right? They are still useful, I just wouldn't repair mine if it broke. The "touch" is a squeezebox touch, which came out after the duet, but is also discontinued: https://www.logitech.com/assets/33606/squeezebox-touch-fg.pdf They are still available on ebay occasionally. There are many ways to use a raspberry pi single board computer as a "player" (like your receiver) or a "server" (instead of whatever you are running LMS on currently), or both. This forum and the web are full of these solutions/alternatives. For example, this thread discusses options: https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?114684-Which-operating-system-for-Raspberry-Pi&highlight=raspberry Its not the only discussion, and this forum is full of discussions of what to do, problems/solutions, and cool ideas. To learn about the pi, start at the rpi org site https://www.raspberrypi.org/ Note however that the supply shortage has impacted the availability of these little guys. The options and peoples preference are so diverse, I would be remiss to say "do this", But I can give you a couple examples and maybe others can chime in. I use PiCore Player which is excellent, and well supported on this forum https://www.picoreplayer.org/ access the menu (upper right hand corner) and cruise the menus for info - projects, getting started, etc. Again, it's not the only solution, it works for me. I use, and have built for friends, a LMS server only, using a raspberry pi 3b+ or 4b, SD card, power supply, connected to a 2TB USB HDD (my library), connected to my router via ethernet. Total (at the time) was about $120USD. You could use the same pi, or a separate pi, as a player. I have not done this (yet), I have a stable of the SB devices. If you used the same pi, you would just need an analog dac or digital output "hat", or a USB DAC. The pi by itself only has USB and headphone out. If you used a separate pi as a player, you could use a "lesser" pi (say a zero W, 2B, 3B+...) but you need the appropriate hat. Again, I have not built one (I do have a hifiberry in a box waiting), others would have better guidance. There are so many great options it can make you dizzy...and to want to buy and build more :). When you are ready, do some searching, reading, and come back here and start a new thread. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Redrum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115629 _______________________________________________ Duet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/duet
