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Gazjam
14-05-2015, 21:54
Got mine in today, been having a play.
Web Interface is a wee bit simplistic and it's not easy to find all your music if you have a big library?

That's where DNLA comes in.
Use your favourite media player as a controller (I'm using Jriver on the telly and JRemote on the IPad) to push music files to the Pi.
http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq61/gazjamster/Untitled2.jpg (http://s434.photobucket.com/user/gazjamster/media/Untitled2.jpg.html)

This enables me to access my playlists easy, browse my music quickly and other good stuff like that.
So using the Pi purely as a playback device controlled by a different more polished interface

It's all good, the Pi sounds not too shabby either. :)

RichB
14-05-2015, 23:07
What OS are you running on the pi to achieve this Gary?

Gazjam
14-05-2015, 23:12
RuneAudio Rich.

http://www.runeaudio.com/features/

Krisbee
15-05-2015, 08:12
You can do this with Volumio as well. See this from last year: https://volumio.org/volumio-1-4-now-upnpdlna-support-much/

But remember you need a DLNA media server running somewhere on your network. In Gary's case, I assume this is Jriver running on his Windows based music server.

Lovejoy posted about his configuration, using minimserver and Volumio, a couple of weeks ago:

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?37480-Analog-Dinosaur-succumbs-to-the-joys-of-FBA-enter-Raspberry-Pi-2-IQ-Audio-DAC-!!&p=642019#post642019

guyhayton
15-05-2015, 09:41
I'm using RuneAudio and it also does a really good job of acting as a an Airplay device also. In fact it performs better than my official Apple Airport Express. Great for me who uses iTunes to organise my collection and also numerous iApple devices around the house and family.