Yes the only way to control/operate Moode is thru a browser. I use it and like much better than Volumnio.
Does it work well on mobile? Say Chrome on Android? Can you see everything well and navigate well?
Yes the only way to control/operate Moode is thru a browser. I use it and like much better than Volumnio.
Yes, you can navigate using mobileDoes it work well on mobile? Say Chrome on Android? Can you see everything well and navigate well?
Guys I'm new to all this and I'm handy but no computer/networking guru so please excuse my ignorance as I vomit up how I think I can use this, hoping you guys can correct any misconceptions.
Do I can get a Raspberry Pi 4 and load either Volumio or Moode on it. Then I can get something like a 1TB ssd drive, load it up with music and plug it into a USB 3.0 on the Rasperry or into my router....in either case the Vokumio or Moode will find the music and manage it. No software has to be on the ssd itself....correct?
Then it appears you can get the Raspberry with different quality dac's? Also various in/outs. So I THINK I could get it with a analog in and out to run my phono pre too it then out to my power amp. This means I can use all my own music, browsing it through my phone browser (with Volumio or Moode) as well as Tidal and some radio stations (podcasts?). And switch inputs to my phono as well....correct?
Can I easily control the volume with my phone?
How is the Tidal integration for them? Is it a similar experience to using the Tidal app where you see all the suggested content and lists they create for you as well as its video stuff?
With my own personal music library do either Vokumio or Moode have the ability to create lists out of my own music or make suggestions like you get with Tidal? Does one have better metadata, filters, sorting, searching capability than the other? I think Roon can suggest music to you from your own library, but isnt compatible with all this unless using AppleAir which degrades sound.
I never used Moode, but have been a user of Volumio for years. I have used an Rpi 3B+ with a HifiBerry Dac+ Pro (RCA output/volume control) and Digi+ Pro (SPDIF/no volume control).
App works well through an iPhone/iPad or just use a browser. Big plus for me was the Radio Paradise plugin, playing FLAC and showing metadata. Later on used the Roon plugin for, well, Roon.
Using Tidal isn’t an issue through Airplay, however, for Tidal to be included in Volumio with native functions it will cost you a bit of money as it’s an added feature. Look it up on their website, it has everything clearly explained.
As for an SSD/HDD/USB stick or NAS, no need to to install anything on it, just plug it in and do a library search of your music.
If I didn’t cover enough, just respond and I’ll try to answer as good as I can.
I just installed it earlier today as i was looking for a player that could be controlled from windows browser. I absolutely love that about it...
just curious why would you want a touch player when you can control from web browser?
I recently set up a raspberry pi 4 as my streamer running volumio after spending a couple of weeks tagging my flac collection from years ago (I had to move country for the fourth time in five years for work and so jettisoned pretty much all my possessions).I have a couple of questions. 1) How do you like it? 2) Does Volumio work with Idagio or Primephonic?
I recently set up a raspberry pi 4 as my streamer running volumio after spending a couple of weeks tagging my flac collection from years ago (I had to move country for the fourth time in five years for work and so jettisoned pretty much all my possessions).
I really enjoy it, and have purchased a paid "superstar" subscription, not because I really need the features, but basically to reward/ help fund the developers and staff. With that said, it has a few idiosyncrasies of the sort to which you might not be accustomed if you are used to "boxed product" commercial software. For instance, I can only get the Spotify connect plugin to work using the software mixer, and the "direct" Spotify plugin seems to tell the DAC in my little amplifier that it's done for the day at the end of each song, so the DAC/amp releases the connexion in some sense and I miss the first couple of seconds of each song (hence I use the Spotify connect plugin instead, so it's not a show stopper for me at all, only something worth mentioning to someone considering volumio as an option).
Like all the playback software I have used, its user interface doesn't really seem to handle "custom" vorbis/flac tags (you can't configure the navigation to be by "composer", for example). But given tags can be (I believe) essentially arbitrary, I'd not call this a flaw per se.
The UI itself is very clean, well laid out, and legible on a handphone, computer monitor, and television. The online help resources are excellent (at least in English, and presumably in Italian also). I'm currently using it wirelessly to play from the hard disc of my computer at the other end of the living room, and this has worked flawlessly since installation a few weeks ago. It does to have a fairly minimal processor/memory footprint, so I should think you could use it comfortably with a less powerful SBC if you liked. Playback from a usb SSD was also smooth and painless. I only have cd ripped flacs and a few 24 bit downloaded flacs from presto, lsolive, etc, so I can't comment on its handling of other formats. Other playback software I've used includes quodlibet, musicbee, foobar: I much prefer volumio.
From what I know, there's no idagio support (I used idagio for a few months, along with qobuz: I'm sure they're excellent, but I've more or less decided to stick with Spotify and then just buy things I like enough to want to hear in high quality), but provided idagio exposes an api/webhooks/doodads, it's a reasonable bet that someone will attempt an integration at some point.
Bear in mind I'm new to computer based music in general and volumio in particular, so everything cum grano salis.
Most welcome! I really enjoy this forum/site, and how nice everyone is.Thanks for the review!
Should't be any different to how Volumio implements its UPnP/DLNA player as they both use the same one - the upmpdcli UPnP media renderer front end client for MPD.I started using Volumio due to having purchased a miniDLNA SHD about a year ago.
I did also perform a brief audition of MoOde Audio on the Pi 4. I liked much about
MoOde. Though, with some oddities relative to its DLNA player function. I wrote
several paragraphs on MoOde's odd DLNA implementation but deleted in order
to spare you the boredom.
Should't be any different to how Volumio implements its UPnP/DLNA player as they both use the same one - the upmpdcli UPnP media renderer front end client for MPD.
Are you actually referring to MoOde's web browser UI to control its UPnP/DLNA player rather than the UPnP/DLNA player itself?
I used Volumio for a while (now using Moode) but didn't find any problems with Hi-Res. What problems did you encounter?I am very late to this thread but I really enjoy Volumio. I have run it on Pi 3, 3b, 4 and Tinker Board. If you aren't doing hi-res all of them work fine BUT if you want to play hi-res audio through USB go with Tinker Board S - sound is great. That is what they use for their Volumio Primo. All of the Pi had occassional subtle issues with USB and hi-res audio on Volumio.
I am very late to this thread but I really enjoy Volumio. I have run it on Pi 3, 3b, 4 and Tinker Board. If you aren't doing hi-res all of them work fine BUT if you want to play hi-res audio through USB go with Tinker Board S - sound is great. That is what they use for their Volumio Primo. All of the Pi had occassional subtle issues with USB and hi-res audio on Volumio.
With 96khz 24bit my Pi all would occasionally introduce a very small pop sometimes minutes apart. It drove me nuts. I kept trying different boards till I got to Tinker Board. The limitations of Pi 3 USB are documented. I was surprised Pi 4 was still an issue.I used Volumio for a while (now using Moode) but didn't find any problems with Hi-Res. What problems did you encounter?
Also found no problems with USB. Are you talking about experiences with RPi3? Rpi4 sorted out USB/ethernet problem.