New Media Server

[TeaJay666]

Hi All,

Had my Wiim Pro Plus for a good few months now and wanted to utilise its capabilities a bit more than just the amazon alexa and spotify connect haha.

I currently have plex linked up via DLNA on a raspberry pi for alot of HQ FLAC files but the UI in the wiim home app isnt the best for soring through all the folders to get to the albums.

Im hoping to transfer everything to a Win10 pro machine being used as a server, any recommendations for good DLNA service utilising this machine?
Tried the built in windows one but none of my music was showing up.

Any suggestions welcome (preferably free )

 

[rccarguy]

Picoreplayer on your pi, lms

 

[TeaJay666]

Picoreplayer on your pi, lms

could I get LMS on windows?
just that I'm hoping to de-commission the pi for this stuff cause I prefer being able to RDP into the win machine.
Easier to work on with the GUI since the current pi is headless

 

[rccarguy]

Yeah but it's better on linux

Picoreplayer is headless. I use pi5 picoreplayer headless

Use material skin plug in material skin app and sorted

 

[castalla]

could I get LMS on windows?
just that I'm hoping to de-commission the pi for this stuff cause I prefer being able to RDP into the win machine.
Easier to work on with the GUI since the current pi is headless

Yes. LMS runs on Windows - that's what I use with Anydesk remote access. RDP also works for me with win10 but not win11. I use series 8 LMS not 9.

 

[TeaJay666]

Yes. LMS runs on Windows - that's what I use with Anydesk remote access. RDP also works for me with win10 but not win11. I use series 8 LMS not 9.

good to know,
thanks for the information.
what would be the major difference between Lyrion 8 & 9
just so I can decide what would be better to install

 

[simbun]

I currently have plex linked up via DLNA on a raspberry pi for alot of HQ FLAC files but the UI in the wiim home app isnt the best for soring through all the folders to get to the albums.

Have you tried the Plex open beta (WHA > Browse > Plex)? It's a much richer browsing experience than the DLNA interface.

Alternatively, if you're on Android Symfonium is a great controller for many servers and has offline and Android Auto integration too.

 

[castalla]

good to know,
thanks for the information.
what would be the major difference between Lyrion 8 & 9
just so I can decide what would be better to install

I think there are some issues with ver. 9 on Windows - you lose the win control panel (I think). Ver. 8 is pretty solid - had no issues (except it arbitrarily changed the port from 9000 to 9001 after a Windows update - no idea why!). It's been pretty much install & forget in my experience (& less temptation to fiddle with settings as with picoreplayer!). YMMV of course.

 

[rccarguy]

yeah latest lms loses taskbar, I also had issues it didn't auto start either through services or the other method.

pi is better

 

[d6jg]

If installed correctly LYRION (LMS) 9 is fine on Windows 11 but it is definitely better on a Pi with piCorePlayer and will use a lot less power.

 

[castalla]

yeah latest lms loses taskbar, I also had issues it didn't auto start either through services or the other method.

pi is better

I had pi but it wouldn't work with a usb dvd drive, so that's when I switched to a mini Pc & win10.. Drive worked first time.

 

[rccarguy]

I had pi but it wouldn't work with a usb dvd drive, so that's when I switched to a mini Pc & win10.. Drive worked first time.

yeah I couldn't get it to work either. More of a gimmick to have CDP connected to a server really, although 100 CD jukebox working with pi would have it's uses.

 

[TeaJay666]

Thanks Everyone for the great insights.
As I use windows for most machines around my house, Im going to install LMS on the windows server.
this is mainly because recently Ive been having issues with Linux's NTFS reading and if something was to go wrong with the machine It will be easier to transfer files and SSDs around all using the same partition types. Especially with my plans for building up with RAID later down the line.

 

[castalla]

yeah I couldn't get it to work either. More of a gimmick to have CDP connected to a server really, although 100 CD jukebox working with pi would have it's uses.

What is really good with the cd-player plugin is the how cd tracks can be added, reordered as a playlist. Also, the cd can be played to any LMS endpoint - CD in the kitchen, bathroom - any squeezebox player.

 

[rccarguy]

yeah guess can do that, but tbh if you have a PC just rip/encode it, done in 10 minutes and the same thing.