Lms

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> Sometimes it works for me and sometimes it produces very strange
> results. Here is a good example

Classical music is hard to get right. And the sources the plugin uses
certainly are not optimized for classical music.

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Lms

What is best to use for LMS, windows, unraid, proxmox or truenas?

[d6jg]

Probably not Windows

[mherger]

Lms

> What is best to use for LMS, windows, unraid, proxmox or truenas?

TrueNAS is BSD based. Not easiest either.

I'd say... piCorePlayer on a Pi :-)

[d6jg]

> What is best to use for LMS, windows, unraid, proxmox or truenas?

TrueNAS is BSD based. Not easiest either.

I'd say... piCorePlayer on a Pi :-)

piCorePlayer is definitely the easiest by some way these days

[Labarum]

piCorePlayer is definitely the easiest by some way these days

That must be true. With a little help from folk on this forum I got piCorePlayer running in half an hour and then got on with the LMS adjustment, which was easy because I have used it for years.

I abandoned running it on an ageing PC because of Windows hiccups.

[P Nelson]

piCorePlayer is definitely the easiest by some way these days

I cannot confirm this because I don't have one, but would polyvection CORE32 be the easiest way to run LMS?

[Labarum]

I cannot confirm this because I don't have one, but would polyvection CORE32 be the easiest way to run LMS?

Possibly the easiest, but if someone is prepared to consider configuring a NAS then ease and cost might be in the balance. PiCorePlayer on a Raspberry Pi might hit the sweetspot and therefore qualify as the "best" asked for; being not too expensive, easy to manage and very reliable.

[slartibartfast]

I cannot confirm this because I don't have one, but would polyvection CORE32 be the easiest way to run LMS?

Possibly. The downside is you become reliant on them for updates.

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[cliveb]

I cannot confirm this because I don't have one, but would polyvection CORE32 be the easiest way to run LMS?

While the Polyvection players look decent value, I can't see how the price of the CORE32 server can be justified. Setting up piCorePlayer as a LMS server on a RPi really is child's play, and can be done for less than half the cost of a CORE32.

[agbagb]

"Best" is very subjective of course - but I've run LMS and Squeezebox arrays on Windows (currently Win11) with very, very few problems, for many, many years.

Maybe I'm that "lucky customer" but I've had very, very few general Windows hiccups at all, in any regard, over 20+ years.

BTW, we are a Win / Mac / Linux household, so I have cross-platform experience! And I stand by Windows as, overall, as good as any. Horses for courses, of course.

[zordaz]

piCorePlayer is definitely the easiest by some way these days

Agreed! Although I am running LMS for years now on a customized barebone PC with Linux, the most straightforward way of running it these days is indeed piCorePlayer however.
A self installed, customized system is IMO a poweruser solution and more suited for specific use cases (like mine).

Running it on a RPI also has advantages because of the power consumption compared to running it on a PC or NAS btw.

[bpa]

While the Polyvection players look decent value, I can't see how the price of the CORE32 server can be justified. Setting up piCorePlayer as a LMS server on a RPi really is child's play, and can be done for less than half the cost of a CORE32.

Out of curiousity,I got a CORE32 at launch price which was better value. It sits there working, no maintenance, updates happen by themselves. As a tinkerer, I am little annoyed it doesn;t have the latest updates and worry what happens if Polyvection disappears - that said I have now unused old Odroid and Cubie boards which suffered from similar issues.

It is a conservative solution for user who want absolutely nothing to do. Why do people pay for windowcleaners ?
For someone who wants to set up an LMS system for an elderly parent/relative - it probably provides "peace of mind" at a small once off price. It is probably a "long tail" solution for a small number of users .

Polyvection may have got their business case a bit wrong before launch (and/or chip shortage) which resulted in the now higher price than they first announced. They have included their own RTOS (for their own h/w design) so that means some ongoing extra port/test costs and also may explains few updates.

It is good there is now a selection of very usable solutions available for users - each of which has pros/cons : Polyvection, Max2play, Picoreplayer, Raspbian, Windows etc. The choice is the best for years - especially when I remember the early attempts of a cheap LMS on the NLSU2 (nicknamed Slug for a a good reason)

[Labarum]

I've run LMS and Squeezebox arrays on Windows (currently Win11) with very, very few problems, for many, many years.

Maybe I'm that "lucky customer" but I've had very, very few general Windows hiccups at all, in any regard, over 20+ years.

That is my experience too. Now, though, my PC is 15 years old and has run out of steam, and even with an SSD installed to try to speed it up it is no longer fit for purpose. Windows on an inadequate machine was causing me problems, not LMS on Windows; so last week I jumped ship to a Raspberry Pi 4 to run LMS. It uses a lot less power than a PC and costs a lot less to buy! I will keep the old PC for now and wind it up only when I must use Windows - that will not be often, says he typing on one of the latest Chromebooks.

[agbagb]

That is my experience too. Now, though, my PC is 15 years old and has run out of steam, and even with an SSD installed to try to speed it up it is no longer fit for purpose. Windows on an inadequate machine was causing me problems, not LMS on Windows; so last week I jumped ship to a Raspberry Pi 4 to run LMS. It uses a lot less power than a PC and costs a lot less to buy! I will keep the old PC for now and wind it up only when I must use Windows - that will not be often, says he typing on one of the latest Chromebooks.

For reasons not to do with LMS, I update my assorted Windows machine every, say, 3 years. So I've never really been subject to elderly machines huffing and puffing........ I did fire up a 12 year old (spare) PC desktop a few months ago, just to keep it more-or-less updated - and it was like wading through treacle!