On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 13:08:43 +0100, Chris Green wrote:

> Helmut Harnisch  wrote:
>> Am 11.10.2019 um 12:38 schrieb Chris Green:
>> > So, a Pi can do the 'mechanics' as it were, access the files and play
>> > them, *BUT* (and it's a big but) what do you do for a user interface?
>>
>> You can usa any of the KODI derivates. In my opinion the most ressource
>> saving is OSMC.
>> And all is UPnP capable: use upnpplay on your smartphone, choose the
>> source (your nas) choose the renderer (your TV or Amp or whatever) and
>> voila - you can play any of your music.
>> Usually the "kodi" sorts all in Artist - Genre - Year - Album - or
>> whatever it offers...
>
> Once again not answering my question really! :-)
>
> A smartphone *isn't* practical.  Not to mention that "kodi" or anything
> isn't going to be able to sort my music, much of it hasn't much metadata
> with it, the metadata that there is simply the directory hierarchy.
>
> I want a keyboard/remote with buttons and a screen larger than a
> smartphone.
>
I'm currently listening via a Logitech Touch connected to my Quad 33/303
rig. Music is sitting on my house server, a Dual Athlon box running
Fedora 30, running a copy of LMS (Logitech Media Server), which the Touch
talks to over hardwired ethernet. Sound is good. Music selection is
usually via the Touch's remote control, though it also has a touch screen
which works well. LMS has a fairly good customisable graphical web
interface, so I control the system from my laptop at least as much as I
do with the Touch's remote.

This all works for me, but although LMS is FOSS and fairly well
supported, Touches are fairly expensive (£160 'buy me now' on fleabay)
for unsupported kit, so I'm not saying *do this*, but hopefully this
description of my setup will give you some ideas.

For instance, you could run LMS on your music server and drive it over
your LAN from a laptop, tablet or an RPi with a touch screen + small WiFi
keyboard.

I haven't seen tv-style remotes that talk to an RPi, but that doesn't
mean they don't exist, and there seem to be quite a lot of reasonable
displays for RPis now.



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