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   Chicken Head to All   
   Media Centers   
   25 Oct 19 17:39:34   
   
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   So just a general question here...who is using Linux as a "media center" of   
   sorts?  For...well, years now...I have been using Logitech Squeezebox devices   
   as my main media boxes.  The problem with this is the damnable "Logitech Media   
   Center"...formerly squeezecenter.  Logitech no longer supports any of it and I   
   think maybe only one person in the world is currently maintaining the thing.    
   It was written in Perl and every time the OS updates perl...it breaks (don't   
   ask me my opinions on perl).   
      
   So I have had enough...my Squeeze Boom boxes' displays have all failed due to   
   the sub-standard components they used.  And now I can't even get the LMS to   
   work anymore.   I'm done...and I'm moving to MPD.   
      
   I've been playing around with Rune Audio, and Arch Linux based MPD distro that   
   runs on RPi devices...I like it.  But it's missing things like an alarm clock   
   (I've had my Squeeze Boom on my bedside table for over a decade now).   
      
   Does anyone have any other suggestions?  MPD seems like the way to go.  Kodi   
   doesn't quite cut the mustard as an audio player...Rune Audio/MPD is designed   
   to be headless.   
      
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