raspberry pi 2 as media player

[nipunkx]

Nothing related between both. Exodous is an addon to search and view online media content loaded onto torrent servers, so basically its for online streaming (illegitimate so to speak, nothing official about it, mind you), this add on has nothing related to watching video files stored on your ext hdd drive ...

Thanks a bunch Sam

 

[MaSh]

Can any one clarify my below doubt regarding Kodi addon Exodous please?

I use Rpi for watching video files stored in my external hard disk connected to RPI via USB port. No online streaming of videos. In such a scenario, do I have any use with Exodous? Since Exodous is such a higly rated add-on with great interface, would like to know if I can use it for my usage.

Nope, not needed. I use mine for the same purpose + Youtube.

MaSh

 

[hydra]

I managed to finish reading the thread just yesterday. I'd been toying with the idea of trying the Raspberry Pi out as an alternative to my Music PC for quite awhile now. I'm an old school guy who prefers local storage and playback, so this streaming business is rather alien to me! Posts by Rikhav, regeHa and many others have been quite illuminating, and I have learnt a whole lot. I've also been bothering Rikhav directly a bit over the last week for advice. Thank you very much, folks!

I'm at that stage in my HiFi journey where I'm actually very happy with what I have, and so the only changes are for convenience's sake. Since the last year I've also been bitten by a new hobby (Cycling) that's as much a money hole as the hifi habit, so I really don't have much spare cash (or time) to drop on HiFi these days either. The Pi streamer seems to be a very convenient and reasonably inexpensive solution, and it also intrigues the tinkerer in me. I know nothing of Linux or wireless networking, and so this is also an opportunity to learn some new and interesting stuff!

I have ordered a Pi3, and hope to get it by next week mid. A kind soul here has lent me his HifiBerry Digi+ to try out. I've been rather network agnostic at home (I stay alone in a really small house), and all I had so far is a cable modem (and a USB Modem) that has wireless. So, I've also ordered a Router to set up a wireless network for wireless streaming of music (and maybe movies later). I guess I can enjoy music in the bedroom too, without too much hassle now.

The idea is to use the Pi+HifiBerry and a powered Hard Drive hooked into the Router for now. I already have a HDPlex Linear PS, so I'll be powering the Pi off that. The coaxial out of the Pi will go into my Rega DAC. An iPad will be used for control.

If I like what I hear, I will get a Hifiberry DiGi+, And maybe later get a NAS and install Minimserver on it (or set up a Pi + Minimserver + HDD combo) to serve media, and use the Pi + HifiBerry as just a player (= renderer?).

I will update with progress!

 

[Appys]

Gentlemen, I rebooted my pi2 with the latest volumio 2,with kodi 16.1 compiled for debian and feel the sq has dropped between volumio 2 vs volumio 1.55.
I have a pi2 with an i2s dac feeding a yamaha avr. Earlier volumio 1.55 beat kodi hands down for flac/mp3s and I was hearing a lot of extra notes, esp playing the same file over volumio with dac vs kodi over hdmi. However now since upgrading to volumio version 2, v0.976 I feel there is no novelty left and the sound quality has dropped and on par with kodi . Has any1 else noticed this or am i losing it?It takes a lot of time and effort with all the missing libraries and symlinks to put kodi and transmission/deluge on volumio,but if sq is not there it seems pointless now.

 

[rikhav]

Gentlemen, I rebooted my pi2 with the latest volumio 2,with kodi 16.1 compiled for debian and feel the sq has dropped between volumio 2 vs volumio 1.55.
I have a pi2 with an i2s dac feeding a yamaha avr. Earlier volumio 1.55 beat kodi hands down for flac/mp3s and I was hearing a lot of extra notes, esp playing the same file over volumio with dac vs kodi over hdmi. However now since upgrading to volumio version 2, v0.976 I feel there is no novelty left and the sound quality has dropped and on par with kodi . Has any1 else noticed this or am i losing it?It takes a lot of time and effort with all the missing libraries and symlinks to put kodi and transmission/deluge on volumio,but if sq is not there it seems pointless now.

Hi appys
Never compared volumio with kodi but out of volumio, rune and moode,. Moode is by far best sq wise for me
Do try it
It now has auto update feature too, so no need to remove sd card Everytime for an update

 

[Appys]

Well I'm more confused between volumio 1.55 vs volumio 2.0 that came out two weeks ago.. I guess i will try moode.. Can you tell me if it's debian based like volumio or some other flavor?

 

[rikhav]

Well I'm more confused between volumio 1.55 vs volumio 2.0 that came out two weeks ago.. I guess i will try moode.. Can you tell me if it's debian based like volumio or some other flavor?

Moode audio is based on Jessie lite

 

[sam9s]

It now has auto update feature too, so no need to remove sd card Everytime for an update

where is this, auto update, I could not find one on my moode, can you assist.

 

[MaSh]

Question: I am running Kodi on my Pi and actually quite happy with it. However, dont mind trying something else which could make the experience better for both Movies and Music. I am eager to try Moode, however, its for Music only. Do correct me if I am wrong.

Suggestions?

MaSh

 

[sam9s]

Yep Moode is only for music...

 

[regeHA]

where is this, auto update, I could not find one on my moode, can you assist.

Its in the latest version 2.6 onwards... so you'll need to flash that on the SD card. But after that its auto-updated internally and does not need d/l the latest image and flashing on the card.

There is a workaround of only installing the update files and then running the update internally from Moode... but have to search on CA for the exact post.

It would be easier to get the latest image and flash it.

Edit: Found the updater instructions. Please check http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f...er-raspberry-pi-23858/index29.html#post553910.

 

[Appys]

Question: I am running Kodi on my Pi and actually quite happy with it. However, dont mind trying something else which could make the experience better for both Movies and Music. I am eager to try Moode, however, its for Music only. Do correct me if I am wrong.

Suggestions?

MaSh

Yeah Volumio as well as Moode are for music only,but if you are interested and invested you can install the jessie build of kodi on the Volumio setup and use it for both.I used the audio out via i2s dac to avr on volumio and the hdmi dedicated to Kodi..It takes some time to configure playing around with the command prompt,esp with the latest volumio release(many missing libraries and symlinks.took me 12-13 hrs of trial and error to finally get it running with kodi and a torrent daemon with my external hdd)
Simplest and easiest option buy 2 sd cards one for audio and one for a distro like OSMC so that you can have the latest releases of kodi as well(kodi compliled for jessie is still on 16 while krypton builds are already out for atleast openelec distro last i heard).Use as required before booting the pi.

Hi appys
Never compared volumio with kodi but out of volumio, rune and moode,. Moode is by far best sq wise for me
Do try it
It now has auto update feature too, so no need to remove sd card Everytime for an update

Getting on with it,junked Volumio 2 already as I think to slim down the system they have compromised somewhere on the SQ.Building a new system with Moode and will see what else can be dumped over it.

 

[regeHA]

Building a new system with Moode and will see what else can be dumped over it.

Moode runs on Raspbian so you can install anything that runs on Raspbian on i.e. MinimServer, BubbleUPnP Server, Deluge, Transmission, etc.

However I had trouble accessing the library over the network with Moode... kind of locks down network access. I use WinSCP to copy and move files stored on the HDDs connected to the Pi... via SFTP. Also, very easy to copy files from my desktop PC, NAS, etc. All of that was not possible with Moode and since anyways my preferred choice is wireless streaming to CCA MinimServer is what I'm using, running on Raspbian.

If you are ok with unplugging external HDD to update the library and files then Moode should be fine.

 

[Appys]

Moode runs on Raspbian so you can install anything that runs on Raspbian on i.e. MinimServer, BubbleUPnP Server, Deluge, Transmission, etc.

However I had trouble accessing the library over the network with Moode... kind of locks down network access. I use WinSCP to copy and move files stored on the HDDs connected to the Pi... via SFTP. Also, very easy to copy files from my desktop PC, NAS, etc. All of that was not possible with Moode and since anyways my preferred choice is wireless streaming to CCA MinimServer is what I'm using, running on Raspbian.

If you are ok with unplugging external HDD to update the library and files then Moode should be fine.

Thanks man,completely setup with my chinese dac drivers now:
*Samba is up for file copy
*Transmission up and running after some symlinking
*Kodi 16.1 up and running(Audio on hdmi)
*Moode updated to 28/07 rel with audio over i2s DAC

So many customization options over Volumio esp for the DAC,half of them are unknown to me :lol:

 

[srikar2011]

Moode runs on Raspbian so you can install anything that runs on Raspbian on i.e. MinimServer, BubbleUPnP Server, Deluge, Transmission, etc.

However I had trouble accessing the library over the network with Moode... kind of locks down network access. I use WinSCP to copy and move files stored on the HDDs connected to the Pi... via SFTP. Also, very easy to copy files from my desktop PC, NAS, etc. All of that was not possible with Moode and since anyways my preferred choice is wireless streaming to CCA MinimServer is what I'm using, running on Raspbian.

If you are ok with unplugging external HDD to update the library and files then Moode should be fine.

How to install moode on Raspbian? I have Raspbian installed n running.

Regards
Srikar

 

[sam9s]

you cannt ... its a complete OS, the entire mem card is used, you have to use a different card to get moode. What regeHA meant was since moode is based on rasbian, you can install minimserver or transmission along with moode on the same card via CLI.

 

[regeHA]

you cannt ... its a complete OS, the entire mem card is used, you have to use a different card to get moode. What regeHA meant was since moode is based on rasbian, you can install minimserver or transmission along with moode on the same card via CLI.

Yup, that was my inference. My apologies if I caused any confusion.

You have to install Moode first and then use an SSH tool like Putty to install additional s/w.

 

[gcr]

Need your guidance:
Kodi (openelec) running on rpi-2. HDD's are connected to it via usb hub.
Its connected to my network via wireless usb adapter.

Now the requirement is "play movies on mobile (android) without copying to it"

Played via Bubble UPnP. But not happy with that.

Downloaded ES File Explorer. But didn't see the files (rpi2).
Please elaborate the method

 

[MaSh]

Need your guidance:
Kodi (openelec) running on rpi-2. HDD's are connected to it via usb hub.
Its connected to my network via wireless usb adapter.

Now the requirement is "play movies on mobile (android) without copying to it"

Played via Bubble UPnP. But not happy with that.

Downloaded ES File Explorer. But didn't see the files (rpi2).
Please elaborate the method

Nog happy as in? Buttering, slow? I used a player called upnp player and it locked up shared libraries' on kodi qhite fast. Running multiple movies does slow things down.

Mash

 

[gcr]

Its kinda buffering in some files. Also cannot fast forward it.