d6jg wrote: > I have a site to site VPN from my main office to a sub office. > Everything works in that every controller can see every player etc. > > Here you mustn't underestimate that there is a control issue which means > that either the player needs built in control (touch screen) or there > need to be other control devices also on the remote network and also > with a VPN. > > These are the start points I have looked at > > OpenWRT on a Raspberry Pi - it has easily installable modules for the > VPN and also a Squeezelite player but not the Touch Screen. Debian > based. > PiCorePlayer - has everything except the VPN client built in and ready > to go. TinyCore Linux > max2play - also has everything except the VPN client. Debian ? > dietpi - Debian again. Unsure at this stage whether it has an openVPN > client - it probablt does. All componenets except Touch Screen. This is > a newcomer to my thinking. > > If the iPhone with openVPN is considered adequate as a controller then > the easiest to get going would be OpenWRT as it has the complete player > package and VPN available. > > However if either of pCp or max2play had the VPN added then they would > be better options and I have realised that you wouldn't need a Touch > Screen at all as long as you had a browser etc to control. Just install > the full LMS option with local player create an empty Library but also > enable the "Remote Music Libraries" support. Unless I am mistaken that > will work with any local controller and no additional VPN will be > needed.
Thankyou for your sumary of your efforts . Remote music library ? can it conect to a VPN ? I just want to avoid the otherwise easy just open the ports for LMS solution , because its unsecure (see some treads about people being harrassed in the middle of the nigth ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106413 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
