Redrum wrote: > Hey Paul; > > You are in good hands with Ronnie. He will answer how you could add LMS > to one of your pi's running squeezelite. I can tell you how to do it if > you were running picoreplayer (which can run LMS and squeezelite), but > if you are just running sl, best for Ronnie to answer > > Your previous question that was not addressed. You can run LMS on just > about anything, but, say a 3B+ or a 4B would be good choices. I have 2 > systems of LMS only, one on a 3b+, one on a 4. > > The problem is you can't buy them new without waiting forever, buying > kits with alot of stuff you don't need, or paying a major premium on > places like ebay. For example, a pi 3b+ is normally $35USD, They go for > about $100 on ebay, and you can buy "ultimate kits" on places like > canakit for $140. > > In normal times, the members here would tell you to use a 4B because the > rescans are faster, but in these times, it might be best to find a less > desirable pi model (cheaper) to get LMS up and running and wait for the > world to come back to normal ( I could add "how much longer? but won't > :)). > > I am not the guy to ask which of the oldies would work. You could also > just pay the going rate. If I didn't know I could get a 3b+ for $35, for > what it can do, I might consider $100 a great deal. > > Regarding the operating system, I like picoreplayer, easy to setup, and > alot of support here. Others might prefer something else. > > Jim
Thanks Jim, Yes, I had noticed that due to the worldwide chip shortage I might struggle to get the lastest Pi. Until this is all over, I might have to stick with rebooting my Odroid server as at least it works most of the time. I imagine Picoreplayer is my optimum solution but I'll wait to see what advice I'm given. Cheers Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------ muggo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11514 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115511 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
