![]() Do you know whether I could access the music files on my NAS, which is storage, using the RPI and then output audio directly from the RPI to a DAC while using my laptop to access and play music? I am interested in removing the laptop directly from the audio chain. ![]() I use the Musicbee application on my laptop to organize the files, which are outputted through my laptop's speakers or through its RCA jack. I mapped a network drive for the NAS folder with my music files on my laptop. I store the music files on the NAS on a 500gb hard drive. Earlier this year I set up a NAS on an old tower to use, in part, as a music server. The company I work has employed software that encrypts all external media and this encryption software corrupts my music files (Digital Guardian is shit software). If this works, I am planning to build another for my office at work. As I said, it has hardwired or wireless internet connections. In fact, more people use this set-to to stream music from places like Spotify, Qubuz & Tidal than from an external hard drive like I will be doing. My expectation is that I'll be able to turn on this RPI mini-PC, turn on my Marantz amp, set it to the external DAC input, open the app on my phone and be playing music in seconds (with no dog barking in the background).īTW - if someone wants a more "turn key" RPI media streamer, this (rather ugly IMO) Allo Boss2 player is supposed to sound great and comes ready to go:īTW II - if you stream audio, this setup works well for that too. If I needed a DAC, I'd look at either a HiFi Berry card or a Allo Boss card. ![]() I'm going to run a USB cable to my DAC input on my Marantz so no DAC card needed for the RPI. I may eventually switch over to have it boot from an external SSD hard drive due to longevity concerns with micro SD cards. I already flashed the Moode Audio operating system to a Micro SD card I had in my pile of memory cards. I am planning to run the RPI 4 with a Moode Audio operating system and control it using my Android (Samsung Galaxy S7) phone to access & play my music. I cannot lose this library as it would take years to recreate. I have to have backups with so much music on there. I have 2 others as backups for my backups. My music is stored on a 1 TB Samsung T7 SSD external hard drive. Maybe even just to make set-up a little easier. I ordered an RPI 4 card (4GB version) for $68.91:Ī Fliirc case (best thermal case out there) for $15.95Ī generic 5.1 V, 3 A USB-C power supply with built-in on/off switch ($9.99)Īnd then, just in case, I ordered a mini HDMI to HDMI cable so that if I have to, I can use this with my TV. It even comes with an Ethernet port and WiFi built-in. Looking into it, I can use this mini PC without any DAC, as my Marantz PM-7005 integrated amp has a USB input for it's built-in DAC. Lately, I've been intrigued by the new(er) Raspberry PI 4 "mini PC" (RPI for short) for use as a digital music streamer. To make matters worse, my daughter's rescue dog is fascinated by the mouse moving across the screen, so she whines and barks the whole time the TV is on. I have to boot up the PC, turn on my TV, switch to the HDMI input to bring up the PC desktop, grab the wireless keyboard & mouse, make sure the laptop is set to output the audio via the line out (not via HDMI) and then I click through my library to find music to play. While I do like this setup, it is rather inconvenient. If this is TLDR, I won't mind if you skip it.įor the past 4 or 5 years, I've been using an old HP laptop running Linux Ubuntu with an external hard drive that has my music library (in VBR mp3 format) on it with playback via the GMusicPlayer app.
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