Which homebuilt streaming option (Amazon HD, Spotify and Internet radio) using RPi4

[Prolle]

Hi All

I am looking to build a streaming setup, I already have an RPi4 along with a Khadas toneboard as a dac. I also have a Rpi4 touchscreen.

I do not have a large local digital music collection, and will mostly stream via Spotify or Amazon HD, along with radio stations.

So, what is the best software to use a streaming option? I recall Volumio and Moode being good options, is this still the case?

thanks.

 

[Prolle]

tried Volumio today, didnt like it and had a few issues setting it up. Now have PiCorePlayer installed and appears to me to be more solid and hassle free, although a little more involved to setup

 

[Yatsushiro]

Good choice. I assume you're using the Material skin, on your PC, phone etc for control? If not, get it, install it and enjoy a much improved pCP experience.

I don't think any of the RPi playback OS's support Amazon Music, supposedly as Amazon will not open source it's API.

 

[Prolle]

Thanks, I actually have iPeng installed on my iphone. I was going to ask for recommended way to control the picoreplayer remotely, but found that this app was recommended

 

[kazap]

I don't think any of the RPi playback OS's support Amazon Music,

No great loss. Qobuz is fine.

 

[von Ah]

I’ve been using piCorePlayer for years. It’s a fantastic package. I use it for LMS and at least three players synced playing nearly all the time. Spotify and Qobuz work very well. I used ipeng for several years and switched to Material Skin last year. Highly recommended. It’s a shame that Pi’s are hard to purchase these days.

 

[tomchr]

I'm told the various Logitech Squeezebox emulators are pretty good.

Tom