LAN server/player

[naca5]

Hi,

Since my beloved DAC has a LAN input (end point) and I find this input way better from USB, I'm looking for an affordable (not beer money, but I'm not ready to pay 2000 eur for a Melco 🙂 LAN player/server, not sur of the name I must use fur such thing.

So ethernet IN/ethernet OUT with stream capabilities as I use TIDAL as source.

I'm not IT engineer so must be pretty plug&play

Thanks

 

[MAAC0]

I use a Raspberry PI4 8Gb & Hifiberry DAC with Picoreplayer, but there are other distributions like Volumio, Moode, etc.
You can have a Player / Server or both on the same hardware.
If You don't need a display it can work headless too controlled by a phone / tablet / computer app.
Good time to learn some Linux also.

 

[naca5]

AFAIK Raspberry can't stream on LAN output

 

[DRONE7]

Only since 2019 😉


New feature v 5 HTTP streaming

The feature creates an HTTP streaming server using either FLAC or LAME (MP3) encoding at the designated port (default=8000). This allows you to connect to it using virtually any music player and listen to what MPD is playing locally. It's kind of like having your own radio station.

 

[naca5]

thanks