I know that people might have issues with the subscription model or find
that at present Volumio doesn’t quite compare to the far more mature
LMS, but I think it’s worth considering that the people behind Volumio
are trying to create something with long-term sustainability. Something
that will be around in ten or more years. 

What is the LMS long-term plan? Can you guarantee that a volunteer
supported project and plugins will still be around in ten years? Or even
this time next year. Might it be a good idea to stop looking for
Volumio’s current failings and limitations and perhaps engage with the
project to help with its shortcomings. Thinking of Volumio not as an
inferior upstart but instead as an insurance policy. A backup you can
turn to if LMS goes belly up.

While I’m here, I thought you might be interested to know that it was my
frustrations with PCP that motivated me to ask the question. I’ve been
running LMS via PCP on a Pi3A+. With this arrangement I find it
impossible to stream 320k BBC Radio 3 or to play FLAC files from another
LMS. The best I can hope for is 2 second bursts followed by 5 seconds of
silence.

However, when I install the LMS plugin on Volumio it’s all 100%. With
the same hardware and the same wi-fi connection LMS will stream BBC R3
and play FLAC files perfectly. Volumio just works.


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