DomieMic65 wrote: > Thank you very much for your replies! > > I have already installed LMS on my old, late 2009 Mac mini (el Capitan) > streaming to my rpi3b+. > I have also a rpi3b laying around. > And I am very much considering of buying the rpi4b (4bg). > I have tried LMS to my Synology nas too but it was not a very good idea. > (Old version of LMS and slow performance) > > LMS options > 1) Mac mini with macOS as is. (Potential problems because of the old OS > outdated SSL libraries... ??. For now seems to work OK though.) > 2) Mac mini with Linux installed (needs wipe and dedicating the computer > to LMS only. Not that now I use it much anyway). It has 8GB of RAM and > 128gb ssd, so it runs quite fast despite its age for media only > machine. The drawback of this is that it isnt fanless and headless > (although this can be done I suppose) > 3) LMS on a RPi (my existing rpi or rpi4 for better performance). This > has the advantage of using piCore and no need for another Linux distro > for LMS. Yes? > 4) another better specd computer, SBC or not for LMS. (NUC, Odroid ... > ) running Windows or Linux. > > Any ideas / suggestion?
If your existing pi is a 3B+ I'd go with that. I'm using a Pi3b+ at the moment, in a nice case (Lincoln Binns - with a couple of mods by me) where all the wires exit unseen at the back, I can't stand wires sticking out at all angles. I do have a Pi4 4GB but these run hot, until some manufacturer comes up with a *similar* case that adds some method of cooling to a Pi4, I'll stick to the Pi3B+. The Pi4 has been relegated to my spares drawer. :( 27817 +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: LMSserver.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=27817| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ *Server - LMS 7.9.2 *Pi3B+/pCP 5.0.1 18K library, playlists & LMS cache on SSD (ntfs) *Study -* Pi3B+/pCP 5.0.0/pi screen/HiFiBerry DAC+/jivelite, *Lounge* - Pi2/pCP 5.0.0 > HiFiBerry DIGI+ > AudioEngine DAC1 > AVI DM5 *Dining Room* - Squeezebox Boom *Garage* - Pi3B/Pi screen/HiFiBerry DAC+/pCP 5.0.0 > Edifier R980T *Spares* - 2xTouch, 1xSB3, 1xRadio, 6xRPi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kidstypike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10436 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110796
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