[slim] Am I doing it right?

2019-09-07 Thread Maury
Hello everyone! I apologize in advance if I'm posting in the wrong forum. I've got a pretty beefy type-1 hypervisor server that I'm using for various things (including a NAS server). Due to its size and the noise it produces, it is located in my basement, pretty far from my stereo system. I

Re: [slim] Some Rasberry Pi / LMS questions for a complete beginner.

2019-09-07 Thread d6jg
As it is wired at present but still not showing I think I’d reflash the SD card and start over. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 ->

Re: [slim] Some Rasberry Pi / LMS questions for a complete beginner.

2019-09-07 Thread mandryka
d6jg wrote: > As it is wired at present but still not showing I think Id > reflash the SD card and start over. Yes I was just about to post here and say that I'd done that and it is now working as well as before. Thanks for all your input, everyone. Two questions. 1. Are some SD cards

Re: [slim] Some Rasberry Pi / LMS questions for a complete beginner.

2019-09-07 Thread mandryka
I'm going to add something which is going to contribute nothing to anything except antagonism and confusion. While the pi was out of order I was using a Squeezebox classic, digital optical output going into an external DAC. I'm now back to the pi with a hifiberry, optical output into the same

Re: [slim] Some Rasberry Pi / LMS questions for a complete beginner.

2019-09-07 Thread Stratmangler
mandryka wrote: > I'm going to add something which is going to contribute nothing to > anything except antagonism and confusion. > > While the pi was out of order I was using a Squeezebox classic, digital > optical output going into an external DAC. I'm now back to the pi with a > hifiberry,

Re: [slim] Some Rasberry Pi / LMS questions for a complete beginner.

2019-09-07 Thread kidstypike
mandryka wrote: > Yes I was just about to post here and say that I'd done that and it is > now working as well as before. Thanks for all your input, everyone. > > Two questions. > > 1. Are some SD cards less reliable than others? I wonder if mine failed > because I have a bad quality card.

Re: [slim] Am I doing it right?

2019-09-07 Thread garym
I can't speak to Daphile particularly or the remote access, but the rest of your planned setup will work well, and is the standard approach for many (that is, server running LMS and holding files sitting far away, connected via ethernet to LAN, then some sort of endpoint (rpi running

Re: [slim] Am I doing it right?

2019-09-07 Thread Maury
garym wrote: > I can't speak to Daphile particularly or the remote access, but the rest > of your planned setup will work well, and is the standard approach for > many (that is, server running LMS and holding files sitting far away, > connected via ethernet to LAN, then some sort of endpoint

Re: [slim] Am I doing it right?

2019-09-07 Thread garym
Maury wrote: > Thanks for your reply. So you confirm that I will be able to get bit > perfect audio from the Pi. I will be waiting for other opinions on > Dapahile (what troubles me most is that Dapahile seems to be designed to > work directly with a DAC without an additional Squeezelite