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MC on Raspberry Pi query

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Scobie:
Thought I would have a crack at this as a bit of a hobby exercise more than anything else, have started to look into it and it seems pretty straightforward but have a couple of queries.

What I would like to do is have the Pi in an enclosure with MC running on Raspberry Pi OS as a DLNA renderer. I would also like to have a screen on the Pi enclosure to display album artwork, there looks to be plenty of hardware options here.

What I would like to know is for the video output, is it as simple as having MC displayed running on the screen as per any other monitor setup - in Display Mode lets say - or is there a way to output file metadata from the pi to the screen that includes album art, track title, etc to mimic the look of a commercially available Streamer?

Thanks

JimH:

--- Quote from: Scobie on August 29, 2024, 11:44:42 pm ---What I would like to know is for the video output, is it as simple as having MC displayed running on the screen as per any other monitor setup ...

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Yes.

The easiest solution is an IdPi.  https://jriver.com/Id/

Scobie:
Thanks Jim, I have this working in my mock up and it does the job well.

Just looking at options though and would still like to know whether I have the flexibility to configure the display output with metadata from a flac file like the hastily arranged attachment (ignore the Spotify symbol - but like to think I could add something else here), or whether using one of the default display modes  from MC is the only option.

Thanks

Scobie

JimH:
The Linux version should work the same as the Windows version, if that helps.

Scobie:
Yep, I have an instance of MC running on Raspberry Pi OS on my laptop as a DLNA renderer and am playing with that. I’m assuming the Pi itself will work them same way when I get around to it.

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