Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer/LMS w/o USB-Drive

2022-01-31 Thread d6jg
mherger wrote: > That’s simply not true. Both my LMS run on Pi, and none ever had a card > failure. The pCP instance has been in use for 3-4 years at least. The > Raspian one for 2 years. But I avoid the one dollar noname SD card and > get well known brands. Totally concur. I have a Pi3 LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer/LMS w/o USB-Drive

2022-01-31 Thread mherger
gordonb3 wrote: > in a Pi running Raspbian about 6-8 months. That’s simply not true. Both my LMS run on Pi, and none ever had a card failure. The pCP instance has been in use for 3-4 years at least. The Raspian one for 2 years. But I avoid the one dollar noname SD card and get well known

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer/LMS w/o USB-Drive

2022-01-30 Thread gordonb3
paul- wrote: > I was talking about partition errors. Card hardware failure is a whole > different problem. Buy good quality cards, and that should be extremely > rare. Not really. Memory cards are designed for occasional writes, primarily photos but the faster ones will handle video as well.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer/LMS w/o USB-Drive

2022-01-30 Thread paul-
I was talking about partition errors. Card hardware failure is a whole different problem. Buy good quality cards, and that should be extremely rare. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate'

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer/LMS w/o USB-Drive

2022-01-30 Thread schiff1108
paul- wrote: > The older pi boards sdcard slots were not very fast. The newest boards > are faster, but don’t think speeds even task a good class 10 card. > > Putting your LMS data on the card works fine, but if you don’t power > down your system, can lead to corrupt cards. A 3rd partition

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer/LMS w/o USB-Drive

2022-01-29 Thread paul-
The older pi boards sdcard slots were not very fast. The newest boards are faster, but don’t think speeds even task a good class 10 card. Putting your LMS data on the card works fine, but if you don’t power down your system, can lead to corrupt cards. A 3rd partition would prevent boot

[SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer/LMS w/o USB-Drive

2022-01-29 Thread schiff1108
I do have a kind of new project to build for a friend a piCorePlayer-based LMS-server with no local music library but full Qobuz Online Music Library Integration. My friend's Qoboz has 1500 albums. Is it feasible to do this w/o a USB drive meaning that the LMS Data Storage Location (Slimserver)