Ben here from Southern California. I came across Volumio while looking for an alternative to music servers. They get pricey so fast… Right now I just want to try the pi b+ with Volumio on a small set of powered speakers and see how it goes. Ideally I’d like to have a volumio device in each room that I want speakers (cheaper alternative to Sonos, Airport express with more flexibility). Is it possible to control them all at once? Can volumio play tracks from a harddrive connected to an airport extreme? Does volumio organize the tracks at all?
Lastly (for now) and I’m sure this is a rather dump question but when I get my pi do I only install Volumio? Volumio would be the OS? Or is Volumio a program/app?
Very cool. Thank you. If I test with just the 3.5 analog out am I not going to be happy at all? Or will it perform at least as good as the audio out on a mac/pc?
What are the requirements for volume to read files on a external hard drive? If i copy an iTunes library can it read straight from that or do i have to change the file path?
Dunno…
Try it with a few files, if it works you can copy your ITunes library (for small librarys use a usb stick, if you use a hard drive you mostly need an usb hub with a extra power supply)
connect the usb stick/hard drive, boot up your volumio and update your mpd database
That was my problem. Harddrive was too big and unpowered. All square now, copy of iTunes library works just fine. Next step is to setup a drive on the airport extreme.