Originally Posted by
Stratmangler
If you have stability issues then you need to explore other ways of doing things.
My Squeezebox setup is very, very stable, but there again, I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel all the time, and I'm not drawn in by the latest in visual rendering.
My server is local, so doesn't have to go to the www. whenever I want to play local material (which is not the case for some player distros), and all of the connections for critical equipment are wired.
Stability or lack of is one of the reasons I moved away from the Pi for the moment. The SBCs I have are ethernet wired but the GUI is on a phone via wifi. Some little glitch with the wifi can be a minor hassle from time to time. Then there's the hassle of getting a new router and having set up the static addresses again along with a new IP address for the music library - yes my library is local but I want to access it from my chair so wifi is unavoidable. There's also updates to the likes of Volumio - either don't do them regularly and experience pain when you do or take them regularly with less pain until one doesn't work. The UI I have with JPLAY Femto is so very good that is is currently my preference, it's Bubbleupnp on my phone, this is the most stable so far but even so I couldn't give it anyone non-IT savvy. I can fix all the minor foibles but I spend my day in front a computer already...
I could run JPLAY Femto totally off grid but I'd then need go to the monitor and keyboard to get it to play music. It's finding the lesser of all evils - so far it's Bubbleupnp and JLAPY Femto. BTW my wifi signal is strong but there's also quite a lot of congestion so I end up playing with wifi channels every so often as the auto selection isn't as good as I'd like.
CDPs are easier but then huge CD collections are a hassle as is finding stuff. Oh it's just everyday life and I'm moaning about it....1st world problems!
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