Morning All Ive just discovered this thread so I thought Id chime in with my Pi4/LMS experience. I have been running LMS (Max2Play) on a Pi3 for a about 18 months and its worked very well. The music is stored on a Nas and I regularly use the Spotty and iPlayer plugins. Id say that there were sometimes small delays when browsing through my music collection but never anything to worry about.
However, when the Pi4 was released temptation got the better of me so I went ahead and purchased the 4gb version. I loaded up Max2Play (v2.5 beta) and away it went although this time feeling a good deal quicker than before. I havent carried out any specific measurements but Id say the scanning isnt much quicker than with the Pi3 which I guess is a limitation of the Nas arrangement I have. The day to day browsing is quicker though. Im not sure whether the extra memory (4gb) is making a big difference or not, I have tweaked the Database Memory Config in the Performance tab of LMS so perhaps the extra capacity is being used? I store my Pi4 in a smallish cupboard which also houses my Nas, a network switch and also my broadband fibre modem. This creates a fairly warm environment for the Pi4. Initially I didnt buy any kind of case and opted to see how it operated naked. Running purely as an LMS server it showed a temperature of around 62c at idle. This number was taken from the Max2Play settings/reboot screen so I assume it to be accurate. This seemed a bit high for my liking so I looked around for a case without a fan as I didnt want to create any more noise. I settled on this cheapo case . 27939 Which is availible 'here' (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32962800319.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.66147dd3MCC4rT&algo_pvid=df0b32f6-50ad-4c05-a5cc-90b1aaf7cfd8&algo_expid=df0b32f6-50ad-4c05-a5cc-90b1aaf7cfd8-1&btsid=1fba5b47-262d-483e-89ba-e23a3711d987&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_1,searchweb201603_52http://) It is also available on Amazon but I opted to import it from China (I think) for about £10. Its been successful as the Pi4 now idles at about 48c. So all in all Id say my Pi4 experience has been positive. I should stress that there was no real need to upgrade from the Pi3 as it was working perfectly but thats not really the point 😊 Im wondering now how much better it would/could perform if I attach my music files directly to the USB port Cheers Ashley +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: geekworm2.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=27939| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ acanning's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13303 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110838
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