Re: [slim] Need advice on a hardware player

2016-05-17 Thread Alex Wood
Thanks fellows. I go know that I can easily adopt Raspberry PI for it, more over, I also use software players any kind... However it's all pretty difficult for experienced users. So original devices from Logitech were really convenient from that point of view Thanks again for the feedbacks

Re: [slim] Need advice on a hardware player

2016-05-17 Thread sherington
Go here too - really solid advice. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?104222-Squeezebox-Touch-functionality-and-Kodi-the-All-In-One-Mediaplayer-with-Max2Play sherington's Profile:

Re: [slim] Need advice on a hardware player

2016-05-17 Thread sherington
If yoiu can find one, the newer UE radio is also supported by LMS too. Next time I need an LMS 'box' of any kind, I am going to build one - its all plug, install & play so even I can do that. Worth reseraching some of these options, not least because they are really, really cost-effective

Re: [slim] Need advice on a hardware player

2016-05-12 Thread charlesr
I've just grabbed a couple of Chromecast Audio. No screen, so you need to control from the phone app / PC, but using the 3rd party chromecast bridge plugin (after allowing it through your firewall), you can treat them as squeezebox devices. Only problem is no gapless playback, so DJ mixes and

[slim] Need advice on a hardware player

2016-05-12 Thread Alex Wood
Hi all I love my music radio and can't live without it. However my fellow asked me to advice a player like mine... Which is discontinued! So I wonder if everything good is in the past? Do we have these days something as the replacement? What I could recommend my fellow to buy in order to have