losinj wrote: > So the Pi takes over as LMS, and the NAS dumbs down as file server? > > I was worried your Pi was replacing the Touch as a display-less digital > transport. I just love the all-in-one nature of the Touch, and for me > the ability to control it via IR is indispensable. Call me a Luddite, > but it means I don't have to bother about having some other display > device charged up and running, just to listen to music on my home system > (AV receiver + speakers). > > Do you happen to use TIDAL? I'm currently subscribed to the Premium > service, not HIFI. Both the Touch and LMS report all tracks as "256kbps > CBR". Should I actually be getting 320k, or is 256k correct?
As Robert says, your Touch remains ... untouched. Symply the LMS server runs on the Pi instead of the NAS and gets its files from the NAS. I don't want to be "dogmatic" about the way a NAS should be used, and mines are used for more than just file server, but these are applications that are made and supported for that NAS. NAS (especially the old or entry level ones) tend to have specific or limited Linux distro and trying to shoehorn somethong like LMS, which IMHO requires a fairly "open/standard" Linux distribution, especially when you want to add plugins, is calling for problems. In that case, either a generic purpose PC (running an OS or your choice) or a cheap but dedicated hardware like a Pi is a better choice. I personally have 2 main LMS server, one running on a PC under and Windows and one on a cubie2 (== Pi). The Windows one used to be the main, but I was using the cubie more and more and last year I did a switchover, the Windows version is used occasionally now. Re Tidal, I don't have it any more, so I can't say, but if they claim 256 CBR (Constant Bit Rate), then it's 256, why would you expect it to be 320? LMS 7.7, 7.8 and 7.9 - 5xRadio, 3xBoom, 4xDuet, 1xTouch, 1 SB2. Sonos PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz NR1603, JBL OnBeat, XBoxOne, XBMC, Foobar2000, ShairPortW, JRiver 21, 2xChromecast Audio, Chromecast v1 and v2, , Pi B3, B2, Pi B+, 2xPi A+, Odroid-C1, Odroid-C2, Cubie2, Yamaha WX-010, AppleTV 4, Airport Express ------------------------------------------------------------------------ philippe_44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108135 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
