Raspberry Pi Advice
- Thread starter Brown Bottle
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Tigerjones
Bagpuss
I run Volumio on the Pi4 via wifi, works perfectly.
bencat
Amplifier Destroyer par excellence
@Brown Bottle Moode Audio will work but you would need something like BubbleUPnP to stream to your Raspberry Pi as Moode is only a player distro and can not access Qobuz /Tidal / Spotify directly . In my case all of my players are part of a Logitech Media Server network and Moode Audio can enable Squeezeplay for any player and then LMS does the connection through specific pluins for each streaming service . This works well for me as all of the various players around the house all connect to LMS which gives me my music and things like BBC Sounds , Radio Paradise plus the streamers.
If you already have a Raspberry Pi 3 and are going to get a Pi 4 then when you get the Pi 4 you could use the Pi 3 as your LMS Server and sit it close to your router and wire connect it . It is easy to use Picoreplayer free distro to set it up with LMS then just add the plugins and this send to your Pi4 player.
I know this sounds complicated but seriously it is not and if you want things even simpler then use (like I do ) Max2play distro which will just allow you to click tabs and set up things easily . You have to pay ofr a license but it is only around E25 for three years so not a fortune. If you need any help at all with set up please get in touch as I can do these things with my eyes closed I do not understand them or know what is being done but i know the set up very well .
If you already have a Raspberry Pi 3 and are going to get a Pi 4 then when you get the Pi 4 you could use the Pi 3 as your LMS Server and sit it close to your router and wire connect it . It is easy to use Picoreplayer free distro to set it up with LMS then just add the plugins and this send to your Pi4 player.
I know this sounds complicated but seriously it is not and if you want things even simpler then use (like I do ) Max2play distro which will just allow you to click tabs and set up things easily . You have to pay ofr a license but it is only around E25 for three years so not a fortune. If you need any help at all with set up please get in touch as I can do these things with my eyes closed I do not understand them or know what is being done but i know the set up very well .
Man in a van
pfm Member
Just a small correction to Andrew's post, no licence for Max2Play is required if one only wants LMS and / or Squeezelite.
M2P offer other facilities which they have developed themselves, the licence fee enables the user to incorporate these into the distro.
ronnie
bencat
Amplifier Destroyer par excellence
As always Ronnie the voice of reason , thank you for the correction I have never used it that way as i have always paid for a license so was not aware that LMS and Squeezelite just worked anyway . Will have to keep this in mind as it then offers a very decent alternative to Picoreplayer.
Man in a van
pfm Member
Andrew, one just has to be good at ignoring the "nag" screens 
ronnie
ronnie
Allaboutmusic
pfm Member
Same here, haven’t had any drop outs at all
Brown Bottle
UTB
Some of this is getting above my pay scale now. Volumio seems popular and gets recommended on a lot of You Tube videos I’ve seen.
Cheers BB
Cheers BB
Brown Bottle
UTB
Next problem seems to be buying the bloody thing. Short supply it seems.
Cheers BB
Cheers BB
bencat
Amplifier Destroyer par excellence
Only issue with Volumio is that for streaming services like Tidal and Qobuz you have to pay a monthly fee .
Del monaco
Del Monaco
PiCoreplayer.
John Phillips
pfm Member
Yes. There is a stock locator at rpilocator. In UK it looks like as of today there's just one source with one model available.
cctaylor
pfm Member
The OP says he is not technically gifted, LMS and PiCoreplayer do need a degree confidence in dealing with computing. There are detailed instructions on the web but it is easy to take a wrong turning.
Once you get it running it is very good, there are so many useful plugins. Once I got it running I have not had any need or desire to change.
Amber Audio
This is the Day
I found Volumio the easiest to get going and build a bit of confidence, for non IT guys burning images to SD cards is a foreign language when you start. Once you get the hang of some jargon and mess with Volumio a bit, buying a couple extra SD cards and trying out different OS is where I'd move onto and then decide what OS/Plugins suit best and whether a £sub is worth it or you can use a workaround and pay squat.
foxwelljsly
Me too, I ate one sour too.
I have no problem streaming 4k video over a mesh network from my NAS to a Pi 4 running KODI. You do need a good wi fi signal, though.
I like Moode out of all the Pi Players. Piece of piss to set up and configure. Note that support support for some streaming services that have closed APIs (like spotify) is informal and that, unlike the boxes from Cambridge Audio, Linn et al, not guaranteed in perpetuity
I have never got Volumio to play with my 6000 album library. Kodi can also be set to play audio bit perfect, but isn't great run headless.
LMS and picoreplayer are pretty nifty, but ran into problems with HD ALAC files last time I tried it. Not a common use case, but as an Apple refugee with a massive library, a pretty critical one for me.
Bourneendboy
pfm Member
The Pi Hut have R-Pi 4 1gb now - be quick.
cctaylor
pfm Member
I use a TP-Link AC1750 range extender. My TV connected on 5GHz band supports BBC iPlayer UHD streams.
Our previous range extender struggled to do SD in the same location. The receiver in it wasn't sensitive enough. The new extender delivers virtually the same download speed as the router measured in the same room as the router.
Our previous range extender struggled to do SD in the same location. The receiver in it wasn't sensitive enough. The new extender delivers virtually the same download speed as the router measured in the same room as the router.
Brown Bottle
UTB
That’s very kind Matt, I’m away overnight for my daughters graduation tomorrow and I’ve forgotten my glasses. I’ll PM you on Wednesday.
Cheers BB