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Did some of you did some experiments with 256 Go USB sticks ? Not as fast, but may be sufficient for the music stream ? And are there some size limitations to USB sticks possible to read on the RPi ? JM[/QUOTE wrote: > > > I'm using a configuration that I wouldn't recommend - I have LMS and my > library all on the same 200GB MicroSD; it's probably a good idea to have > them separated. However, I haven't had any problems and it's a very > compact solution -rPi with power and Ethernet cords as the only external > connections. > Issue with using USB or MicroSD is going to be slower performance on > indexing your library than SSD - if your library has a lot of turn over > then it may be an issue. If you can get by just running "Look for new > and changed media files" occasionally then it's only an issue on the > initial indexing. > > There won't be any speed issues streaming music from USB or MicroSD - > just make sure you use USB 2.0+ (Not sure you can find a USB 1.x 256GB > thumb drive. > > Size limitations would be driven by the Linux distribution underlaying > your LMS. I'm running Max2Play, not certain of official supported > limits, however, 200GB MicroSD seems to be fine - have been running for > 2 years. "You know, I'm all for progress. It's change I object to." Mark Twain LMS 7.9 on Raspberry Pi3 w/200GB SD 5 Receivers, 1 Boom, 2 Radios, 1 Controller, 1 iPhone & 1 iPad w/iPeng, 1 Android phone w/Squeezer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JeffHart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23791 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110534 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
