![]() Moreover, each time we buy a new CD, we’d have to search for its streaming availability to know if we’d also have to push the server rip to the microSD card for portable playback. This would create extra work: 1) a DAP means we’d have to battery-manage a second hardware device 2) we’d then have to know what to drag and drop 3) and then find it in a possibly tiered folder structure - going through each and every artist folder (1000+ in my case) to drag and drop all releases that are not streamable would be finger-fiddly in the extreme, not to mention time-consuming. We could go back to the home server to copy all non-cloud-streamable content to a microSD card, ready for playback on a compatible Android phone or DAP. Streaming apps give us a wholly elegant solution but with one crucial gotcha: what of those albums, EPs or alternative masters that aren’t covered by streaming services? I’d peg at least 20% of my own FLAC collection as unavailable on Tidal or Qobuz. And if we don’t wish to chew through our phone plan’s monthly data allowance, we can choose to offline albums with a single click. MacOS’ Finder says that’s almost 3TB of data.īut how do we listen to this same music outside of the house in CD quality? Tidal or Qobuz will independently cover most of it. My FLAC library of downloads and CD rips, according to Roon, comprises 8000 albums and EPs. Much of an audiophile’s music listening is done at home, an ever-expanding library of digital files laying the foundation to streaming. Open the rvice file and change the ExecStart line to read /usr/local/bin/node instead of /usr/bin/nodeĬopy the service file and enable it sudo cp /home/pi/plexamp/rvice /lib/systemd/system/plexamp.Streetlife. Unpack it bunzip2 Plexamp-v2.0.0-rPi-beta.2.tar.bz2 To install, extract it to /usr/local sudo tar -C /usr/local -strip-components=1 -xzf node-v9.11. The NodeJS archive of tarballs is here and for the Pi Zero we want ARM6L version. So we’re going to have to install it manually. The first problem is Plexamp depends on an outdated version of NodeJS 9.11.2, and this version is not available for the Pi Zero in the Debian repository. ![]() The official instructions for this are here on the Plex forums, but they’re a little dated. Reboot and test your DAC speaker-test -l5 -c2 -t wav SETTING UP PLEXAMP This step will be specific to your audio DAC or soundcard, but if you bought that same one I linked above you run it’s setup script: sudo wget -O - | bash. Just fill out your WiFi information there at the bottom. Then set up the WiFi connection by creating /boot/wpa_nf with the following: ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev I use Etcher to do this.īefore booting the Pi up I like to go ahead and configure it so I won’t have to connect it to a monitor.Įnable SSH by default by creating an empty file /boot/ssh touch /boot/ssh This is stuff I had laying around in my electronics bin, any Pi with any type of soundcard (whether a hat or USB).įirst step to any Pi project, flash the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS (formerly known as Raspbian). I wanted to be able to stream Plexamp to my hi-fi stereo the same way I do other music, and of course this is a problem that can be solved with a Raspberry Pi. They’ve recently put a lot of effort into the re-vamped Plexamp music player and it’s quickly become my primary means of listening to my music library. ![]() I’ve been a Plex user for a very long while.
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