ghulse wrote: > I'm thinking of retiring my MacMini and going with an NAS. Supposedly > Logitech only supports the NETGear ReadyNAS, but I read somewhere else > that the newer models are not compatible. Can anyone recommend an NAS > that will work work with a Squeezebox AND PicorePlayer on a Rasberry PI > 2? Is this a reasonable thing to do?
A Synology NAS is really easy to set up with LMS now they have introduced a beta version of LMS 7.9, but would cost you £200+ ($300+). I have also successfully used a Raspberry Pi 2 with SqueezePlug/Max2play installed and with music stored on a large capacity memory stick in one of the USB sockets. A USB portable hard drive would be good as well, but it may need to go through a powered hub rather than directly into the Raspberry Pi. This setup was just as fast as the NAS and a rather lower cost solution (circa £50 / $70 with case). If you want to use it as a player as well as a server then a USB DAC would be advisable. Relevant forum thread is here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103218-New-Complete-Web-Bases-SqueezePlug-Version-Available Personally I stuck with the Synology as I use it mainly for backup and serving files over the web and to my mobile phone, so the LMS implementation was just a bonus extra. Unless you need a NAS I would go with the Raspberry Pi installation. Matt SQUEEZEBOXES:[/B] TWO SB DUETS (LIVING ROOM AND KITCHEN) AND A *'PICOREPLAYER' (HTTPS://SITES.GOOGLE.COM/SITE/PICOREPLAYER/HOME) [b]Server:* Synology DS214 (2TB) NAS running LMS 7.9 *Network:* TP-Link Archer VR200 VDSL modem/router, TP-Link access point *Livingroom:* Receiver, Linn LP12, Naim 72/Hi-cap/110/Headline amp, B&W CM2 speakers *Kitchen:* Receiver, Topping TP20 Mk2 Class T amp, B&W 686 speakers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97803
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