flysurfer wrote: > Hi ad6922, > > you can easily go with a Raspberry Pi 2. This is powerful enough for > hosting a Squeezebox Server and a player on the same device and runs > very smooth. We have some prebuild images for the Raspberry that are > tested and you find good DACs like HiFiBerry that offer good sound > quality. > > The Odroid U3 that we used in the beginning is not produced anymore and > the XU4 has a fan mounted on the CPU that is not really silent. The > ODROID C1+ is little more powerful but has less supported hardware and > less people are using it. > > If you are aiming for an easy setup and solid functionality and support > - get the Raspberry with a good DAC. > > @Man in a Van: thanks for posting! Seems I was too late ;)
Thanks for all your reactions. Lot more questions to come ;-) Question 1: - I assume that a DAC is only needed when you want to install squeezelite on the RPI. I don't need that as I own more then enough SB players ;-). So am I right that I don't need a DAC then? (sorry, just starting to learn it overhere) Question 2: For the hardware, I read the following remarks in the thread over the hardware: - Thanks for considering adding this Flysurfer. Before using the Odroid I was running LMS and Squeezelite off of a Raspberry Pi. This worked but there was a considerable amount of lag when changing the music. With the Odroid this is a thing of the past.* - The odroid seems much faster than my pi so cant wait to see how it does with LMS and Kodi. - On a side note - LMS runs really well on the Odroid U3 - a good bit faster then my Raspberry Pi 2 - scanning my 65000 track library took less than half the time (probably largely down to eMMC, but other factors may well be an influence). And Kodi seems to run a bit smoother.* According to these message Odroid would be the preferred option for speed. Do you ahve a different experience, based on RPI advice that you gave? Question 3: Next to Squeezebos Server I want to run Kodi as well. Still stick to RPI? Question 4: Man in a Van advices to use 16GB. Is that still valid with LMS and Kodi together? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ad6922's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36131 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101856 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
