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Is Squeezebox Radio dead?
- Thread starter iramegdal
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LMS lives on. I have a SB radio found in a thrift I still use connected to mine for OTR. Original SB touch (still works). Probably 4 other players I've made out of Raspberry Pis and what not over the years that can connect to it. Defunct Chromecast legacy devices (HDMI type thru extractors and audio only version) that can connect to it using a bridge app on LMS. A recent Wiim Pro that connected to it out of the box no issues Wiim decided to build in support for it realizing LMS lives on.
You can run LMS on a Raspberry Pi (not super great but works), any Windows PC (better but takes up Windows processing on your desktop), or any old PC running Linux of some type but yes due to different flavors of Linux and Perl versions, etc. I prefer a docker image of LMS running on CentOS - very stable dealing with isolation of of the OS dependencies. YMMV.
In any case - Squeezebox is not dead, LMS was one of the best things to happen to audio for the computer audio geek since Logitech introduced it, and it will continue to work due to open source support. Now if somebody could help me with my Logitech Harmony remotes they abandoned and it was as easy
You can run LMS on a Raspberry Pi (not super great but works), any Windows PC (better but takes up Windows processing on your desktop), or any old PC running Linux of some type but yes due to different flavors of Linux and Perl versions, etc. I prefer a docker image of LMS running on CentOS - very stable dealing with isolation of of the OS dependencies. YMMV.
In any case - Squeezebox is not dead, LMS was one of the best things to happen to audio for the computer audio geek since Logitech introduced it, and it will continue to work due to open source support. Now if somebody could help me with my Logitech Harmony remotes they abandoned and it was as easy
lumoStoria
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For 10+ years, I'm using a Squeezebox Touch, Radio, and Boom connected to a LMS that is running on my NAS (currently Synology DS220+). This way, I do not need to keep one of my PCs switched on 24/7 just to stream music. On the older NAS operating system versions (I think until DSM 6.x), LMS ran natively. On the newer versions, however, it has to run in a container (there are pre-packaged containers available for download). Works great without the need for any remote server. I even bought another two Squeezebox Touch and one Squeezebox Radio recently to build a multi-room streaming solution using my vintage receivers.
For streaming on my Windows 10 PCs, I use Squeezelite-X, for streaming on my Android phone (that also acts as a remote for the whole system) I use Orange Squeeze.
For streaming on my Windows 10 PCs, I use Squeezelite-X, for streaming on my Android phone (that also acts as a remote for the whole system) I use Orange Squeeze.