usc95 wrote: > I am trying out Max2play on my RPi 2 and I have a few questions. First, > does it matter what file format the external hard drive is in to be > recognized by LMS in Max2play? I was disappointed to see my 3tb drive > would not mount and before I go trying again with a smaller drive I > wanted to make sure the format is not important. Hopefully, Fat32 is not > required as I would like the option of storing movies on that drive as > well. Second, I would like to use my USB DAC and have it show as an > option within Max2play's audio settings. Here is a link to the > description of my DAC: > http://www.ebay.com/itm/MUSE-DAC-Decoder-M012-CM108AH-MIC-Three-inputs-Three-output-DC-6-24V-/400521644386 > What do I need to do to get this working? I installed the standard Rpi > image when I set it up. Do I need to use the Hifiberry or Iqaudio image > even though my DAC is neither of those or something else? I understand > that the Rpi2's usb bus is not very conducive to high quality usb audio > but surely it must be better than the the onboard analog audio out. The > HDMI out is not useful to me since the receiver I intend to use does not > have an HDMI port. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated. > Thanks!
Hi usc95, Firstly, the hard drive section of our Filesystem/Mount menu includes this information: -Important: the maximum partition size is 2TB. If using larger disks you need to divide the disk space into partitions smaller than 2TB.- Fat32 is definitely supported, however, I am not sure what you mean by the option of storing movies, generally, the normal types, exFAT, FAT32, NTFS are supported. You just have to partition the 3 TB into 2 TB and 1 TB. Regarding the USB-DAC, Raspberry Pi offers one general USB sound card driver. When you select the option "USB-DAC" in the Raspberry Settings, this driver is activated. You do not need a specific image to activate your card, the activation works all, the HiFiBerry and IQaudIO images are just for users with those sound cards since they automatically enable the sound card from first start and can be selected for free and with a preconfigured use case (AirPlay, AudioPlayer, Multiroom). The USB bus of the RPi is indeed not perfect, but you are correct that usually a USB-DAC does offer better sound. However, dedicated I2S sound cards are still much better in the translation of the signal. I hope this answers all your questions, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Max2Play's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66120 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101856 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
