M-dB wrote: > I'm overwhelmed by much of what has been suggested with the components > I'm currently using. > > I'm looking into locating an ethernet connection near my equipment rack > and possibly eliminating the Mac Mini from the digital audio chain > altogether and start over from scratch. > > For now I have a great deal to learn to make a more informed decisions. > > The Logitech Squeezebox Touch is such an elegant devise and the support > this site offers is a great thing. All the best. > > M
dont be overwhelmed, you are an experienced squeezeboxer, you own a touch and know how to use it. You know what LMS is. You know the lingo, you know to come here to hang out :) Our comments may have led you astray. You don't need an ethernet connection near your equipment rack if the touch is to be your player and you have a strong enough wifi signal. You could run LMS on your mac mini or a raspberry pi running picoreplayer (or other). We may have tried to influence you to the latter because it is a way allot of us have adopted, and are very satisfied with for many reasons. I may have caused the ethernet connection confusion because I run my picoreplayers _as_LMS_servers_onl_y on a 1-2'' ethernet cable attached to my routers, then wifi to touches and other devices. They are a small box with nothing more to see than flashing led's :) It is recommended to do it this way, but I believe you can set them up via ethernet, then run via wifi. If you want to use the touch as your player, and the picoreplayer as a LMS server only, the picore does not have to be near your equipment. If you are interested in learning more about picoreplayer, here is the official "how to" site: https://docs.picoreplayer.org/getting-started/ Look around, look under projects, there are several that might be relevant to you, like "build a LMS Server" Here is the "Main" Picore site whose "help" leads you to the previous "how to" link. At this site you can see some pictures and options https://www.picoreplayer.org/. Sometimes pictures can help get a perspective. Take Care Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Redrum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114783 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
