On 11/10/2019 16:31, Chris Green wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>> On 11/10/2019 13:08, 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.
>>>
>> Then use a laptop. With a remote mouse.
>>
>> My code only needs a mouse to navigate
>>
>> Crappy old lappy is not expensive
>>
> Yes, definitely a possibility, small/old laptops can run a basic Linux
> distribution and, as you say, a remote mouse will do much of what I'm
> looking for.  The *only* issue is that a Pi would use less power.
>
Not necessarily than a notebook/ But I meant to use the lappy as a GUI
while the pi does the back office stuff


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