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In Reply to: RE: Raspberry Pi 4 buying advice posted by zacster on August 27, 2020 at 18:56:28
I bought an RPi 4B 2GB, an official 7" RPi touch screen and a SmartiPi 2 case, all for about $130 combined. Use with the PiCorePlayer 6 software and you have either a Squeezebox player or a player with the full LMS server -- your call during the software setup. The screen will display the album cover and what's playing info (or your choice of some VU meter options) plus give you screen-touch music selection, start/stop/pause/forward and volume control if you wish. Pretty slick, IMO.
BTW, the Smartpi 2 case includes a CPU fan option. I run mine on low speed (3.3 v) and it is completely noiseless in my room. CPU temp runs right at 45 degrees centrigrade. The only downside I see is that you have to keep an eye on the fan for dust buildup and may have to replace it every couple of years.
That's the neat thing about the RPi - lots of options to customize things to your liking along with great sound at an incredible price.
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Pretty nice for an all-in-one setup with built-in display. I've seen some standard RPi screens around but have never played with one. Good to know it works with PiCorePlayer 6.
Did you have to install any additional software like drivers? And did it come right up with PiCorePlayer or was there some configuration settings you had to go thru?
The Picoreplayer 6 software includes all of the packages needed for both the visual display and touchscreen control using the standard 7" official RPi screen. It was fairly easy to setup and get going. One can spend more time getting the USB output optimized than getting the screen working.
I'm out of town this week but will post a photo of the setup when I get back in about a week.
Since I'm using it mostly as a DLNA endpoint I don't think I need the touchscreen. I could see that if it were to be my server though. I've already been using Volumio as it supports DLNA, and run Audirvana on my iMac as my server. I like browsing Qobuz on the big screen and I'm always finding albums that way that I miss when I use my phone with the small screen.
Great sound for sure with very little knowledge needed, contrary to what a lot of people keep claiming here and elsewhere.
I just wanted the thread to show the bigger range of options available with the RPi.
To be honest, I don't use the touch screen on mine much in terms of controlling the music -- I have a Kindle Fire that I use as my primary method to select and play music. However, I do like the way the RPi with the screen displays the album info (or its VU meters, depending on my mood) when playing. And, as a bonus, it has a great clock feature that can display when the system is off.
Frankly, I find the display capabilities of even a lot of expensive streamers to often be embarrassingly poor.
The screen on my Topping E30 has all the info I usually need, the sample rate! I can barely see my 50" big screen TV these days, never mind my iPhone, and a 7" screen across the room is mostly just useless. Now a 7" touchpad that is wirelessly connected to the RPi might be useful, that could sit on the coffee table. But what I'm using to control the music is Audirvana Remote on either my iPhone or iPad, and that is likely to stay.Anyway, so many options, so many ways to do it. This is why I don't get the dedicated streaming boxes.
Edits: 08/31/20
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