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The Logitech Media Server (Slimserver) is still being developed [1] and coupled with Chromecast Audios (through squeeze2cast [2]) or Picoreplayer [3] works as a

The Logitech Media Server (Slimserver) is still being developed [1] and coupled with Chromecast Audios (through squeeze2cast [2]) or Picoreplayer [3] works as a great multi-room system for me. Spotify integration is available through a third-party plug-in, Spotty [4]. Someone is even developing a great Material design skin for the web interface that is mobile compatible (and works great in a Hermit web app) [5]. Control apps exist for Android and iOS (iPeng [6]). [1] https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver [2] https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?104614-Announce-CastBridge-integrate-Chromecast-players-with-LMS-(squeeze2cast) https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?104614-Announc... [3] https://www.picoreplayer.org/ https://www.picoreplayer.org/ [4] https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?111217-Announce-Spotty-3-x-Spotify-Podcasts-on-your-Squeezebox https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?111217-Announc... [5] https://github.com/CDrummond/lms-material https://github.com/CDrummond/lms-material [6] http://penguinlovesmusic.de/ http://penguinlovesmusic.de/

hartzell 7y ago
I can enthusiastically support LMS, piCorePlayer, and iPeng. I have players scattered around the house: - touchscreen players with great graphical displays built with Raspberry Pi 3B's, IQAudio Pi-DAC+, and the official Pi 7" touchscreen. Nice bamboo stands too, but they're hard to find these days. - a headless player in an awkward location built with a pi-zero-w and the IQAudio Pi-DACZero - a playerless head with a Pi 3B and a 7" touch screen (the UI's divorced from the player, this one manages the PiZero from a less awkward location). Everything supported out of the box by piCorePlayer. All are plugged into various speakers w/ integrated amps (I'm an AudioEngine fan). They play in sync throughout the house, or can be independent. I run the LMS server from a FreeNAS jail, LMS is in the FreeBSD ports tree and/but I have a newer version in my ports overlay: https://github.com/hartzell/freebsd-ports/tree/master/audio/logitechmediaserver https://github.com/hartzell/freebsd-ports/tree/master/audio/.... Things occasionally hiccup, e.g. the spotify client dies periodically (https://github.com/michaelherger/spotty/issues/18 https://github.com/michaelherger/spotty/issues/18). Happy to help anyone who's interested in getting things setup.

hartzell 7y ago

I can enthusiastically support LMS, piCorePlayer, and iPeng. I have players scattered around the house: - touchscreen players with great graphical displays built with Raspberry Pi 3B's, IQAudio Pi-DAC+, and the official Pi 7" touchscreen. Nice bamboo stands too, but they're hard to find these days. - a headless player in an awkward location built with a pi-zero-w and the IQAudio Pi-DACZero - a playerless head with a Pi 3B and a 7" touch screen (the UI's divorced from the player, this one manages the PiZero from a less awkward location). Everything supported out of the box by piCorePlayer. All are plugged into various speakers w/ integrated amps (I'm an AudioEngine fan). They play in sync throughout the house, or can be independent. I run the LMS server from a FreeNAS jail, LMS is in the FreeBSD ports tree and/but I have a newer version in my ports overlay: https://github.com/hartzell/freebsd-ports/tree/master/audio/logitechmediaserver https://github.com/hartzell/freebsd-ports/tree/master/audio/.... Things occasionally hiccup, e.g. the spotify client dies periodically (https://github.com/michaelherger/spotty/issues/18 https://github.com/michaelherger/spotty/issues/18). Happy to help anyone who's interested in getting things setup.