I’m running a <cough, cough> years old instance of Volumio 2 on a Raspberry Pi 3
The security of this is terrible, but it sits in my bedroom with a local USB drive full of music and works absolutely fine with a Nanosound DAC audio preamp hat / board which makes it sound lovely… which I don’t want to change (it handles a remote control with power on / off)
When Volumio 3 came along, I wasn’t impressed, didn’t see the software improving much… it was starting to be more of a pull towards their subscriptions
So, I’ve left it alone and feel like it might be worth a revisit.
So, how’s Volumio 4? Or… should I consider another FOSS product ( has to work with the same hardware).
I don’t remember why but years ago I opted for Moode over Volumino. Just upgraded from a pi2 running Moode 8 to a pi3 on Moode 10. At some point they upgraded to a 64bit base os forcing my hardware update.
Local library from a Nas, Streaming sources , mpd controls , connects with many platforms, started using it with Home Assistant music server last summer running my outdoor speakers.
Ok, not heard of Moode. The website looks interesting, I’ll check it out, thanks!
Do yourself a favor and check out Lyrion. Use piCorePlayer to install Lyrion (the server) and Squeezelite (the player).
FOSS, actively maintained, and a much better experience IMO. Tried it back when I was an active Volumio user back in 2020, fell in love instantly, and have never looked back
I remember trying piCorePlayer when I was considering alternatives to Volumio3 and - from memory - the UI was a bit weird?
Like, it started in one UI, but then you had to do a few things to get to another?
But, ok, I’ll take another look as I’d forgotten about it. Thanks
I’ve been using Volumio 3 for a while to drive my office setup. I run it on Pi 3, USB to my DAC and play my FLAC over an SMB share. I mostly control it through the web interface or the Android app. I also use it as a Spotify destination.
It’s met my needs well, but I’m not doing much complicated with it. Just play and album or playlist from my library.
I never used Volumio 2 so I can’t comment about how it compares. I am interested to try Volumio 4 and hear what other people think.
I just need an AirPlay Audio server so I can stream music from my phone to my stereo. Volumio fits the bill but is probably overkill. I’m open to any suggestions for an up to date FOSS alternative.
I believe this would be a good update: https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync
However, I am not aware of a premade iso you could just flash onto a raspberry pi. But I have also not looked very hard.
I stopped using it a little after 3 was released. The ui/apps were too clunky. I use Mopidy with the Iris front end now and it works great
So, that would play music on the client? Ie your phone? Or can it play through a local DAC too?
