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Location: Plymouth, UK
Posts: 388
I'm Barry.
It's difficult to choose between moode and volumio, I have used both over the last couple of months, I am currently running moode 4.0. I love the main Ui and options available in moode but much prefer the library setup in volumio. I think a combination of the two would suit me.
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Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 159
I'm Luke.
Moode has been great for me, but I was upset to see that it had moved to some kind of complicated self-build update process that requires computing nous above my meagre abilities! Is this still the case?
Happy with the version I'm using, but it is tempting to give Volumio a try to satisfy the upgraditis
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Location: Notts
Posts: 2,743
I'm Geoff.
Volumio has the edge over Moode for me.
Geoff
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Location: Queensland, Australia
Posts: 33
I'm Dazz.
I believe soOriginally Posted by LC1979
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Location: Cheshire, UK
Posts: 2,829
I'm Clive.
I believe the Moode install is complex due to some software it uses now and that the issue won't go away due to licencing reasons. I can't be bothered to invest the time so I'll stick with Volumio even though I have used previous versions of Moode.
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Location: Barry, Vale of Glamorgan
Posts: 36
I'm Richard.
I'm also put off now with Moode needing these extra steps to install. I'm on an older version at the moment and am thinking about an upgrade to newer software.
Haven't tried Volumio yet but am keen to know if it's the way to go or should I give runeaudio a try?
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Location: UK, inactive
Posts: 1,570
I'm inactive.
Also curious about Volumio since the changes to Moode delivery have made it harder to get.
I initially preferred Volumio but found it near impossible to install radio stations and NAS drives - has that improved with the most recent incarnation?
Senior Member
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 194
I'm Alastair.
Picoreplayer has just be released with support for the Pi 3b+... here
It's a very good player. I use the onboard LMS with a 512GB SSD attached to it so you don't need a separate NAS or laptop running.
Cheers
Alastair
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Location: Cheltenham U.K
Posts: 412
I'm John.
Hi Alastair
Do you mean that you run both Picoreplayer and LMS on one RPi, with the SSD attached directly via USB? That's something I would like to try. I'm a regular Moode user and have no trouble installing that, but I do struggle to understand how Picoreplayer works. I haven't been able to find a shot of what the player UI looks like or even see how to access it.
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Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Posts: 533
I'm stuart.
PIcoreplayer screenshots can be seen here:
https://sites.google.com/site/picore.../home/how-to-1
If you use it with LMS and an attached display then the UI is exactly the same as the Squeezebox Touch. Alternatively you can use any of the phone/tablet apps that interface with LMS (Orange Squeeze, iPeng etc)
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