Musicserver4Home - hardware needed

[wl]

Hello,

I'm looking into setting up a Musicserver4Home on a raspberry pi (probably 3B).
Anyone has an idea if you have to (or if it is better to) use a SSD or only a SD-card?

Other than the disk, a compatibel soundcard, some power and an amplifier and it should work..

kind regards.

[Rob]

Have you considered the new Loxone Audioserver?

It's much more affordable than the old music server set up

[Duncan]

ssd should be quicker to boot, but more complex and not really necessary as the ms4h server should be up and running 24/7 most times anyway

have you read these to help you decide?

https://www.loxforum.com/forum/projektforen/musicserver4lox/allgemeines/289575-musicserver4home-auf-raspberry-pi-4

https://www.loxforum.com/forum/projektforen/musicserver4lox/allgemeines/286601-raspberry3b-ms4h-startet-nicht
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=285992

https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/how-to/boot-raspberry-pi-4-usb

https://pysselilivet.blogspot.com/2020/10/raspberry-pi-1-2-3-4-usb-ssd-boot.html

[wl]

Hi Duncan,

thx for the info. I have read most of the info on Loxforum, but i find the info really scattered around the forum... Maybe because everything is still in beta-phase..
But if it is not necessary (the extra boot up speed is not needed), i will go for a 'normal' sd card.
Any other tips you might have for setting up the MS4H are welcome ;)

regards.

Op vrijdag 5 februari 2021 om 17:12:10 UTC+1 schreef Duncan:

[Duncan]

if you are going to use more than 1 usb card, plug them all in before you start as it messes up the ms4h sound card and zones if you add another after (although im not sure that a Pi will work well with more than 1 card)

make sure you are using one of the recognised usb sound cards

also when you set up internal zones in ms4h dont activate the msg/gateway app until you have installed the loxone music server in your config and uploaded it, else your ms4h zones wont start at all

i would suggest:

1) add the loxone music server in your loxone config and upload/reboot first and set its ip address to that of your ms4h/Pi - it will show as offline of course
2) add all sound cards you are going to use to the ms4h hardware before you start

3) follow the instrructions at https://music-server.net/help/MusicServer4Home.html and dont miss any steps

4) make sure you follow the logitech music server setup at ip:9000 as in the instructions above, missing this will create issues

5) you can create your ms4h internal zones with msg in a single step now

6) drop your loxone music server zones into your rooms and attach inputs/outputs etc and reload your config

thats it, fairly straight forward