Like many of you, I've been kneecapped by LMS being "removed" by Synology, and am pondering what to do next. I know there will be multiple threads on this, but would appreciate (as would many others I'd think) a simple guide to What To Do Next as I want to keep using LMS if possible. I'm not a complete tech imbecile but hardly ever touch this stuff, so appreciate a simple / noddy / idiot's guide where possible. Is there one out there already?
I suppose there's 2 choices - try to crowbar a working version of LMS back into the Synology NAS (manually install older version of DMS and/or Perl and turn off auto updates) or migrate to something else (which I take to be Raspberry Pi?). Is it even worth bothering with the Synology mount, given possible security issues from running out-of-date OS and further unhelpful updates by Synology? Probably not. So if it's Rapsberry, the following questions:
1) I always thought LMS had to be on the same drive as the music library - comments re Raspberry Pi presumably suggest this isn't the case. If so, is it feasible to load LMS to a laptop running Windows 10 and point it at the music (on the Synology NAS)? Thought not :D
2) Does using a Pi pretty much replicate what the NAS was doing (store and update a database library, front end for me to choose and manipulate music, access radio etc, cast music over Wifi to Squeezebox players?). I've seen talk of Pi's being sold with on-board DACs, which is obvs a different thing (assume each Squeezbox has it's own on-board DAC?). Would I need a Pi for each room to replace the Squeezeboxes?
3) If I migrate to a Pi, assume I need to copy across the LMS database with all my track ratings, last played, database queries etc if I want to maintain what I've got? Where is it and how do I get to it?
Appreciate any help you can give - hopefully top of head for those who've done it and are as tech rusty as I am. Happy to write / contribute to a "sticky" with my experiences if there isn't one already.
I suppose there's 2 choices - try to crowbar a working version of LMS back into the Synology NAS (manually install older version of DMS and/or Perl and turn off auto updates) or migrate to something else (which I take to be Raspberry Pi?). Is it even worth bothering with the Synology mount, given possible security issues from running out-of-date OS and further unhelpful updates by Synology? Probably not. So if it's Rapsberry, the following questions:
1) I always thought LMS had to be on the same drive as the music library - comments re Raspberry Pi presumably suggest this isn't the case. If so, is it feasible to load LMS to a laptop running Windows 10 and point it at the music (on the Synology NAS)? Thought not :D
2) Does using a Pi pretty much replicate what the NAS was doing (store and update a database library, front end for me to choose and manipulate music, access radio etc, cast music over Wifi to Squeezebox players?). I've seen talk of Pi's being sold with on-board DACs, which is obvs a different thing (assume each Squeezbox has it's own on-board DAC?). Would I need a Pi for each room to replace the Squeezeboxes?
3) If I migrate to a Pi, assume I need to copy across the LMS database with all my track ratings, last played, database queries etc if I want to maintain what I've got? Where is it and how do I get to it?
Appreciate any help you can give - hopefully top of head for those who've done it and are as tech rusty as I am. Happy to write / contribute to a "sticky" with my experiences if there isn't one already.