Is Volumio the best ‘streamer freeware’?

Raitsa said:

rAudio-1(Arch-based music player for all Raspberry Pi’s)

rAudio-1 is an Arch Linux-based, active and constantly improved fork of an audio player project called Runeaudio. rAudio-1 is available for all Raspberry Pi’s: 64bit: 4, 3, 2, Zero 2 32bit: 2 (BCM2836) legacy: 1, Zero Metadata Tag Editor (*.cue included) Album mode with…

rAudio is my personal choice, therefore I consider it “the best”.

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Raitsa,

Based on your comments, I just downloaded and installed rAudio to try out on a spare Pi to give it a test drive.

For context, I’m a fairly content Volumio user and my preferred streamer config is a PiZero2W with my music library loaded on the internal, high endurance, SD card.

I typically stream web radio stations (news, commentary during the day, music at night) via Volumio and will occasionally stream audio (podcasts. old time radio shows, etc.) to the Volumio Pi using AirPlay.

Every now and then, I’ll stream something from my library but I honestly do that far less than 10% of the time.

I have the PiZero attached via USB to a Topping E50/ PA5/ Elac DBR62 combo. The quality of the sound is fantastic. I love it.

That said, I’m afraid I’m not impressed with rAudio. I couldn’t seem to find a way to copy my music library to the internal SD card. I also didn’t see an easy way to add or populate the radio streams to rAudio without having to type in urls, etc. Too much trouble. (I really do like the fact that Volumio has a very extensive, albeit stale database of streaming stations by genre, location, etc.)

I configured rAudio and tried to ssh and mount the pi as a volume and copy my music library to the SD card and that didn’t work. I plugged a thumb drive into the to the Pi and the music library didn’t seem to populate. It seems like I was stuck with one album and the USB drive is hidden from the user interface.

Granted, Volumio isn’t perfect and it would be nice to have some additional features like am equalizer, etc. but overall, I’m fairly happy with it.

One thing I will say in favor of Volumio is that the documentation is extensive so someone who isn’t technical can install and use it without a great deal of trepidation.

I’m glad rAudio is working for you. I’ve seen your favorable comments on a number of sites supporting rAudio, but to be honest, I’m not terribly impressed. It seems rather Beta to me.

To each his own.

Cheers

Raitsa,Based on your comments, I just downloaded and installed rAudio to try out on a spare Pi to give it a test drive.For context, I’m a fairly content Volumio user and my preferred streamer config is a PiZero2W with my music library loaded on the internal, high endurance, SD card.I typically stream web radio stations (news, commentary during the day, music at night) via Volumio and will occasionally stream audio (podcasts. old time radio shows, etc.) to the Volumio Pi using AirPlay.Every now and then, I’ll stream something from my library but I honestly do that far less than 10% of the time.I have the PiZero attached via USB to a Topping E50/ PA5/ Elac DBR62 combo. The quality of the sound is fantastic. I love it.That said, I’m afraid I’m not impressed with rAudio. I couldn’t seem to find a way to copy my music library to the internal SD card. I also didn’t see an easy way to add or populate the radio streams to rAudio without having to type in urls, etc. Too much trouble. (I really do like the fact that Volumio has a very extensive, albeit stale database of streaming stations by genre, location, etc.)I configured rAudio and tried to ssh and mount the pi as a volume and copy my music library to the SD card and that didn’t work. I plugged a thumb drive into the to the Pi and the music library didn’t seem to populate. It seems like I was stuck with one album and the USB drive is hidden from the user interface.Granted, Volumio isn’t perfect and it would be nice to have some additional features like am equalizer, etc. but overall, I’m fairly happy with it.One thing I will say in favor of Volumio is that the documentation is extensive so someone who isn’t technical can install and use it without a great deal of trepidation.I’m glad rAudio is working for you. I’ve seen your favorable comments on a number of sites supporting rAudio, but to be honest, I’m not terribly impressed. It seems rather Beta to me.To each his own.Cheers