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Title: Questions about installing Media Center 30 on a Raspberry Pi
Post by: Badge01 on January 10, 2023, 01:44:13 pm

I am new to using a 4 gig Pi as a music server. I have tried Volumio and Dietpi. I miss the well sorted and easy to use Media Center. I have it on a Intel Nuc but the Pi setup sounds better.
I am not familiar working with Linux. What is the process to install Media Center on my Pi? Thanks

Title: Re: Questions about installing Media Center 30 on a Raspberry Pi
Post by: HaWi on January 10, 2023, 01:51:04 pm

I used installJRMC (https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,134152.0.html)

Title: Re: Questions about installing Media Center 30 on a Raspberry Pi
Post by: JimH on January 10, 2023, 01:51:42 pm

There's a thread around here that will help.  Could be on an older board now.

Title: Re: Questions about installing Media Center 30 on a Raspberry Pi
Post by: Badge01 on January 10, 2023, 02:02:02 pm

I took a look at the installJRMC link. That looks way beyond my level of agility

Title: Re: Questions about installing Media Center 30 on a Raspberry Pi
Post by: Awesome Donkey on January 10, 2023, 02:44:28 pm

The installJRMC script is the easiest way to install Media Center 30.

Title: Re: Questions about installing Media Center 30 on a Raspberry Pi
Post by: Badge01 on January 10, 2023, 05:52:57 pm

The process I am now using is to download compatible programs adapted for the Pi. Then unzip the download and use BalenaEtcher to transfer it to a memory card. The card is then loaded into the slot on the Pi and downloaded. Some have a operating system included. Others are controlled by a sister program on a tablet or computer on the same network.

Title: Re: Questions about installing Media Center 30 on a Raspberry Pi
Post by: tjobbins on January 18, 2023, 06:18:04 am

I am thinking of using my Pi4 as a MC media server, serving as a MC server to my Windows or Mac workstation, and also as DLNA server to Kodi.

Can MC on the Pi serve video? I don't mean playing video, as my DLNA server settings are always 'original' - no transcoding.  But will it serve the video files OK for decode and playback on clients?

These are the DLNA server settings I would want to work on the Pi:
(https://i.imgur.com/odlKvu0.png)

Plus acting as a full MC server to MC clients.

Thanks in advance

Title: Re: Questions about installing Media Center 30 on a Raspberry Pi
Post by: bob on January 18, 2023, 09:05:10 am

That should work fine for video. It will mainly be an issue of network bandwidth and speed of the Pi storage device.
You will not be able to serve video DVD and BD iso files.

Title: Re: Questions about installing Media Center 30 on a Raspberry Pi
Post by: tjobbins on January 20, 2023, 04:01:36 am

Great, thanks very much.