Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] How random is random?
I think the complaint is that Random is simply not random enough... I have thousands of tracks that I've never heard once on a random play list (in 15 years!), and a couple of hundred that come up all the time! It's not the end of the world, as I usually use Random for background music, rather than serious listening, but it did cause my (then new) girlfriend to think I had a serious Tom Waits collection! We still laugh about that! Cheers, Dave Audiophile wish list: Zero Distortion, Infinite Signal to Noise Ratio, and a Bandwidth from DC to Daylight DCtoDaylight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114355 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS vs SSD
Roland0 wrote: > It's been part of the linux mainline kernel since 2012 > Samsung, Huawai, Motorola, OnePlus etc, are using / have used it on > their phones, so there are lots of devices using it Thanks for the update, you're right, my thoughts on F2FS are badly out of date... It's definitely worth a closer look. Cheers, Dave Audiophile wish list: Zero Distortion, Infinite Signal to Noise Ratio, and a Bandwidth from DC to Daylight DCtoDaylight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110034 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Raspberry PI for LMS with network storage for PC and Mac?
I noticed something a little odd the other day, and was curious if anyone else has experienced this... I had set my two transporters to be synchronized, and was playing some tunes while house cleaning, and I noticed that the two were out of sync by about a second. Never had this happen with my older linux box I un-synced one of the players, and re-synced it, and they seemed to stay in sync, but I probably only played it that way for another hour Anybody else noticed issues with syncing players on a Raspberry/PICore player? Audiophile wish list: Zero Distortion, Infinite Signal to Noise Ratio, and a Bandwidth from DC to Daylight DCtoDaylight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109848 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS vs SSD
Roland0 wrote: > - If you are concerned about the durability of your SD card / USB stick, > you might want to use the 'F2FS' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F2FS) > file system, which has been designed to extend the lifetime of flash > devices. As a bonus, 'performance should increase' > (https://blog.acolyer.org/2015/02/26/f2fs-a-new-file-system-for-flash-storage/). > From the article: > > which is highly relevant, as LMS uses SQLite. > > - If you put the OS or application data (e.g. cache) on a SD card, make > sure to use a 'A1 certified' > (https://www.sdcard.org/developers/overview/application/index.html) one > (e.g. SanDisk Extreme R100), this will improve performance considerably. I read a bit about the F2FS file system, but it sounded a bit proprietary, and not widely used. I'll do a little more reading As for the SD card, my understanding is that post boot, the OS is 100% in ram, and the card isn't used for anything (provided the cache is with the data). That implies no performance boost beyond boot time Cheers, Dave Audiophile wish list: Zero Distortion, Infinite Signal to Noise Ratio, and a Bandwidth from DC to Daylight DCtoDaylight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110034 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS vs SSD
Sounds like I'm being a bit paranoid! Which is good! I have to admit, I've been very lucky with my computer hardware. My original LMS server has actually been running for 11 years now, and all that's died in that time is a power supply. I'm actually a little amazed that the disc's are still spinning happily. The age of that box is 99% of the motivation for getting a new server up and running. It's been on borrowed time for way too long! FWIW, I'm typing this forum entry on a 2008 vintage Mac Pro, I seem to cling to hardware for far too long :-) A couple of hard disks, and a new graphics card is all this beast has needed in that lifetime! and yes, while I hang on to the hardware for too long, I do have backup drives of any critical data! Which reminds me, I'm about due to refresh those! Another reason a NAS is on my wish list! Thanks again for all the comments and suggestions! Cheers, Dave Audiophile wish list: Zero Distortion, Infinite Signal to Noise Ratio, and a Bandwidth from DC to Daylight DCtoDaylight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110034 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS vs SSD
The reason I'm using an SSD on my Raspberry Pi isn't about performance, it's about building a small, power efficient, server. My LMS server of 10 years ago, used 4 hard disks, in a RAID 5 array, with big fans, in a big box. Consumed a lot of power, generated a fair amount of noise, helped heat my electronics tinkering room, but was rock solid and reliable. Still working now! I'm hoping to get the same sort of rock solid performance, over a reasonable lifetime, but a bit more green! So less power = less heat. Maybe I'm being paranoid about LMS's use of the cache, and wear cycles on an SSD, but that's what I'm asking about! I don't know how often the cache is flushed, or even what it's used for! Just because I got a really good price on a 1Tb SSD, doesn't mean I want to throw it away too soon... And if you think I'm worrying about a total non-issue, I'm happy to hear that to! I have almost no experience with flash drives beyond the little usb thumb drives Cheers, and thanks for all the comments/suggestions! Dave Audiophile wish list: Zero Distortion, Infinite Signal to Noise Ratio, and a Bandwidth from DC to Daylight DCtoDaylight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110034 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS vs SSD
Tony T wrote: > I think you can also plug in a flash drive to the Pi and have > piCorePlayer put the cache on that, leaving the SSD to just store the > media files. That's an interesting option, a cheapo flash drive for just the Cache! I'll look into that! Thanks for the idea! Dave Audiophile wish list: Zero Distortion, Infinite Signal to Noise Ratio, and a Bandwidth from DC to Daylight DCtoDaylight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110034 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS vs SSD
I started setting up a SSD (Solid State Drive) for my Raspberry LMS server, but then started having second thoughts I know LMS does some cacheing of data, but I'm not sure how much. Given SSD's have a limited number of write cycles, is using a SSD a good idea? Particularly with a journaling file system like EXT4? The drive in question is a Samsung T5. Any thoughts? or am I being paranoid? Dave ps, and yes I keep a backup or two of my music folders, so a drive failure isn't fatal, just a little painful! Audiophile wish list: Zero Distortion, Infinite Signal to Noise Ratio, and a Bandwidth from DC to Daylight DCtoDaylight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110034 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Raspberry PI for LMS with network storage for PC and Mac?
DCtoDaylight wrote: > Got the Pi on Friday, installed pCP & LMS, plugged one of my library > backup drives into a USB dock and let it scan the library. So far so > good! One of my transporters is rocking the new server! I'll report > any issues I see, but so far this Raspberry seems to be working > flawlessly as an LMS server! If anyone is following along No issues after a week long trial, with one client. Now moving to four clients (one SB3, two transporters, one touch). Also picking up an SSD for the primary music storage, and figuring out a proper enclosure, rather than the mess at the side of my desk! Cheers, Dave Audiophile wish list: Zero Distortion, Infinite Signal to Noise Ratio, and a Bandwidth from DC to Daylight DCtoDaylight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109848 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Raspberry PI for LMS with network storage for PC and Mac?
DCtoDaylight wrote: > Thanks! I'm thinking a Pi and an external hard drive would make a very > compact server, and use way less power than my big box PC! I feel a > Christmas project coming on! Got the Pi on Friday, installed pCP & LMS, plugged one of my library backup drives into a USB dock and let it scan the library. So far so good! One of my transporters is rocking the new server! I'll report any issues I see, but so far this Raspberry seems to be working flawlessly as an LMS server! Cheers, Dave Audiophile wish list: Zero Distortion, Infinite Signal to Noise Ratio, and a Bandwidth from DC to Daylight DCtoDaylight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109848 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Raspberry PI for LMS with network storage for PC and Mac?
garym wrote: > Full version of LMS. Should handle your setup easily. Thanks! I'm thinking a Pi and an external hard drive would make a very compact server, and use way less power than my big box PC! I feel a Christmas project coming on! Audiophile wish list: Zero Distortion, Infinite Signal to Noise Ratio, and a Bandwidth from DC to Daylight DCtoDaylight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109848 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Raspberry PI for LMS with network storage for PC and Mac?
Hi Guy's, I'm in a similar situation, my 2007 vintage ubuntu box is showing it's age, and I need to prepare for it's demise... The Raspberry PI is an interesting option, so a couple of quick questions for those using one: Does pCP run a simplified version of LMS, or is it the full deal? (like the touch can run a simplified version) Is there any issues using a moderate collection of Squeeze box clients? I'm currently running 2 SB3's, a Touch, and a pair of Transporters. Cheers, Dave Audiophile wish list: Zero Distortion, Infinite Signal to Noise Ratio, and a Bandwidth from DC to Daylight DCtoDaylight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109848 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
