wildgoose wrote: > I've been using LMS on my main Win7 PC for a few years now. It's not on > 24x7, turned on when I need to use it. > > I'd like to move LMS off the main PC so I can mess around with the PC > without interfere with LMS. I'd also like to leave it on 24x7 so I don't > have to turn it on when I need to listen to music. Currently my music > files are on the PC, but I can easily move it to my NAS so it's > accessible remotely. > > I am thinking about using a RPI2 for this purpose. Is it fast enough to > run LMS with reasonable speed? It's cheap, does not use a lot of power > (so leave it on 24x7 is no problem), and small footprint. But I am > wondering if it'll be fast/powerful enough to run LMS. > > Anyone using Pi as their LMS? Any feedback on performance? > > Are there better alternatives for running LMS besides the pi? Thanks.
I've not used a Pi2 to run LMS, but I do use a Pi3, with music files held on a NAS. I use piCorePlayer for this purpose. It works splendidly. I use either the web page interface on a laptop or SqueezePad or similar apps on tablets and phone to control it. Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi 3/piCoreplayer/LMS7.9 with files on QNAP TS-239 Touch > DacMagic 100 > Naim Audio Nait 3 > Mission 752 (plus Rega Planar 3 and Naim CD3) PiCorePlayer(Pi2) with touchscreen and IQAudIO DAC+>Sennheisers 2 x Squeezebox Radios, 1 X Squeezebox 3 (retired) *Office:* LMS7.9 running on WiFi MyPassport drive > piCorePlayer(PiB)/HiFiBerryDAC > Amptastic Amplifier SqueezePad, iPeng as controllers last.fm/user/GrumpyBob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Grumpy Bob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41857 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106369 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
