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Quick Start Guide for Installing JRiver Mediacenter 23 ARM on a Raspberry Pi
Awesome Donkey:
Depending on the desktop environment you're using, it *should* have some sort of "startup applications" feature. I do know GNOME (via GNOME Tweak Utility) and Cinnamon has such features.
Xfce is probably being used because it's pretty lightweight and fast, perfect for a Pi setup.
astropuppy:
--- Quote from: kolia on November 06, 2017, 06:06:40 am ---Any particular reason why you choose xFce?
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Long story, but basically xFce worked with auto-login and the others: pixel and lxde did not. My PI's single purpose is to run JRiver audio. Hence I go with the flow of what works easily.
Because I loaded xFce on top of Stretch lite my xFce is very basic, no browser etc. The only extra it has is the command window. I used raspi-config to setup auto login and auto start to fire up JRiver. Linux is still a very mysterious thing to me, I'm just bumping along, enjoying the music along the way.
kolia:
Thanks Awesome Donkey and astropuppy, I'll stick to what you experienced and that sounds good. As a matter of fact my RPi will act as client only (with Hifiberry Digi+ Pro connected to external DAC). I'm using JRiver in audio only mode, and at last I will get rid of the PC in the audio/video room.
kolia:
Thanks to all the information in this thread and thanks to the awesome work that has been achieved by JRiver team in order to get a linux version, I must say that I'm pretty impressed by MC23 running as a client to a library server. I installed Stretch lite and Xcfe4 https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=133691. As said in another post I have a Hifiberrry Pro + powered by a low noise power supply, connected to an external DAC (everything is upsampled to 24 bits/192KHz did not try yet SoX)
VNC is setup as well. MC starts automatically as soon as the desktop is running. However I'd like to get the session autologged. Maybe I did not search correctly, but I did not find how to achieve this.
elo:
First thanks to every one that has contributed to the Linux version and this specific implementation on the Raspberry Pi.
I have MC on several W10 machines in my home and two external using a FreeNas File Server as source of my media material. Today I installed the Unix version on a Raspberry Pi 3 running the Raspian OS installed as recommended in this thread. Previously I have installed Kodi (17) on the same HW with good results.
The install went without trouble and mounting my library likewise. Playing music is OK but playing video is stuttering and unresponsive. (I am trying to stream the original material at full quality).
So Kolia how did your installation turn out?
Anyone that have any suggestions/opinions on weather the slow speed can be improved and if so, how?
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