Howdy folks! I posted some time ago about getting a more "eco-friendly" alternative to my soon-to-be extinct Windows 7 LMS PC's and got great guidance, I believe, on getting Raspberry Pi's. Here's my project plans and where I need some guidance: I plan on making 2 Raspberry Pi devices: Pi #1 is a Pi 4b with an Audio Injector Stereo Sound Card. I chose this card because it has a Stereo Audio Input as well as Output. This Pi have the following functions: 1. It will take audio passed from our family TV's HDMI Inputs (ala Fire Stick, Roku, etc) and pass the Audio to the Output and then to a Stereo Receiver and speakers. I intend to use the Pi with the Unified Remote App to control volume remotely with a phone or Wireless keyboard. 2. I want this Pi to have a Squeezeplay (Jive) session that I can also play music on when the TV is off. 3. I want to be able to play local videos on an attached hard drive via VLC Media Player. 4. I'd like to have LMS installed as a backup LMS Server. 5. I'd like it to have Internet Browser capabilities to play media from sites unavailable through Roku or Amazon. My current understanding is that the Pi Desktop environment will work best.
So far on this Pi I've got the Audio pass through working and LMS installed and working. The part I'm having trouble with currently is getting the right version of Squeezeplay to run on the Raspberry Pi desktop environment, in a window, like it does on my Windows PC. The ones I've gotten to run basically take over the screen of the Raspberry Pi desktop and I have to force a reboot to get the desktop back. I think there's a key concept I'm missing in my understanding of how the Squeezeplay (Squeezelite, Jivelite, etc) work. Pi #2 is also a Pi 4b and will simply be the main LMS server for the household. No audio output will be needed on this Pi as it will simply act as server. I think the setup for this one will be pretty straightforward. Should PiCoreplayer be a part of this setup? I feel like I'm missing what PiCoreplayer actually is. Is it simply a stripped down OS that only runs LMS and or Squeezeplay/Jive? Or does it run on top of Raspian? I really appreciate all you folks do and I sincerely hope to pass it along somehow as my knowledge and skills increase. Fun Stuff! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ noexit's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66502 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111465 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
