Tony T wrote: > For a dedicated LMS, consider dumping the old PC, get a Raspberry Pi, a > hard drive for the music files, and install PiCorePlayer: > https://www.picoreplayer.org > (There's a PiCorePlayer forum here: > https://forums.slimdevices.com/forumdisplay.php?3-Linux-Unix)
This is also a good solution, especially if he didn't already have the hardware, but to me it's more for the 'computer guy' or tinkerer. I'm both and as much as I have wanted to, I still haven't eaten any Pi...yet! Just my 2-cents... While the OP doesn't state his level of tech knowledge, I think booting an old desktop/laptop off of a USB stick into Daphile is going to be far easier for someone who is not that well versed in tech. In this scenario, you can also test drive much of the distro without harming the existing OS install (dual booting) Performance-wise, a 7 to 10 year old PC will probably out perform a Raspberry Pi in everything but power consumption. To address this issue, I have bought/been given/cherry picked old laptops and used them this way - maybe still not as efficient as a Pi but it's a nice, all in one, portable LMS server! *Player: *1 x Transporter w/Trans-knob, 2 x Touch (Active, 3 x Spares), 4 x Boom (Active, 9 x Spares) *Server: *1 x Win Server (ESXi 6.x) w/LMS, 1 x HP 24" Touch Screen PC w/LMS & SqueezePlay *Control: *4 x w/iPeng, 1 x Samsung Note 4, 3ea x Fire 7", 8 tablets, 1 x 10" all w/SqueezeCtrl & Player (Angry Goat) *Audio: *Mark Levinson 23.5 Amp, 380s Pre, 390s CD, B&W 801 II, Acoustic Energy AE-2 signature, SOTA Sapphire table Computer geek/tech hoarder(!), and DAMN I love the LMS/Squeeze infrastructure! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ markm9999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65015 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109816
_______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
