There are powed usb drives and boxes for large 3,5 drives , by t they
are not so popular anymore
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x
MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100
Some of the devices that claim "USB" capability i.e. Touch, and in my
recent experience Bluesound Node 2, don't specify that the capability is
limited to USB sticks, and they apparently don't have the horsepower to
operate an HDD attached directly to them. The techies on this site can
probably
Totally agree - just don't bother.
Just dust off a 10 year old laptop, install something like Ubuntu on it,
and off you go: solid as a rock. A few weeks back I set up a system for
a friend with a 2007 Thinkpad X60. Runs like a charm completely hidden
away from sight. And they're like $50 on
Jefffrye wrote:
> So I thought I would rip my CD collection onto a 1TB hard drive and run
> it into my squeezbox touch via the usb connection. Seemed logical. I
> tried one CD and am unable to access the hard drive to find the music.
> When I plug the hard drive in the squeeze box says it is
Jefffrye wrote:
> I agree from the looks of it a usb hard drive is a bad idea. What about
> using a dedicated PC into a squeezebox touch?
>
> Thanks
A
Dedicated anything is better than Touch a raspi or for hi performance an
intel nuc.
Run the OS you fancy , no need for monitor or kyeboard
My personal view is that the easiest solution is to run LMS on a
Raspberry Pi with files stored on a NAS, which is my preferred setup (I
leave this running 24/7). You may be able to sort out the USB drive on
the Pi, but power may be an issue.
Probably a wise move to try the hard drive with a
I agree from the looks of it a usb hard drive is a bad idea. What about
using a dedicated PC into a squeezebox touch?
Thanks
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but probably a bad idea with the availability of tiny PCs to run Lms.
RPi etc.
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hi Jefffrye,
There has been a lot of threads about this.
My interpretation of the answers is: "Don't"
regards
Greg
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So I thought I would rip my CD collection onto a 1TB hard drive and run
it into my squeezbox touch via the usb connection. Seemed logical. I
tried one CD and am unable to access the hard drive to find the music.
When I plug the hard drive in the squeeze box says it is attaching the
device. I'm
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