On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:45:59 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> - Reading audio  files off the internet (radio stations) or the server.
>
Don't bother with NFT connections from the Pi. Just run Logitech Media
Server (LMS) on your server and have it stream your music to the RPi.

- support is here:
  http://forums.slimdevices.com/forumdisplay.php?27-Logitech-Media-Server

- downloads here:
  http://downloads.slimdevices.com/

LMS is a Perl application that streams music from local disks and has
plugins that can stream internet radio. It presents a web interface on
port 9000, so you only need to run a web browser and a suitable program
for driving the DAC on you RPi. Works just great with FLAC (and MP3 if
you must) music files.

I'm running LMC and Apache under Fedora 28 on a 4GB dual Athlon PC.
Apache is my main home web server so its convenient to put a link to LMS
on one of its web pages.

Others can give details of what to run on the RPi - I would have
suggested VLC or Mplayer, but there don't seem to be any RPi ports.

Instead I use a Logitech Touch (there are several on eBay for under
£100), which pretty much 'just works' and is connected to my Quad 33/303
system over a lineout link. The Touch can also stream directly from the
internet. It has both a touch screen and a remote controller. Mine is
connected to my wired home network, but they support ethernet, wifi and
USB connections.


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