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Devices => JRiver Id -- Hardware by JRiver => Topic started by: Willom on January 04, 2017, 10:11:51 am
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I am currently running the following equipment: USB hard drive music files - to Rasberry pi 3 using Rune Audio - to Meridian Explorer 2 DAC - to headphone amp. I have a license to use JRiver Media Center 22 on my laptop which I previously used to play my music files before getting the Rasberry pi 3. I used JRiver Remote on my Samsung Galaxytab 4 tablet to access and control my files with this setup. I am interested in trying JRiver id pi installed on my Rasberry pi 3 but have a few questions if I do this: (1) Will the JRiver Remote interface on my tablet be the same as far as cover art and the genres I set up on MC22? (2) Will the music be bit perfect? (3) Will the sound quality be better than that delivered by Rune Audio? (4) If I open MC22 on my laptop when music is playing from the Rasberry pi 3, will I see the progress of the song being played along with it's cover art on my laptop?
Thanks, any help would be appreciated,
Willom
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1 - yes.
2 - yes, so long as you maintain output processes that don't modify the audio of the file you're playing, e.g.convert FLAC to MP3 on the fly
3 - maybe - the answer to that is subjective. Your ears are the final judge. How does the Roku compare with your laptop? That would give you the best comparison with what you've got immediately to hand. You could do your own audio test using the same output hardware.
4 - yes, if you set up your laptop in T remote mode (check the wiki for more info)