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Hello and greetings from Auckland, New Zealand.
So, what can I say about myself?
I know a little bit about Unix/FreeBSD/Linux, having been a systems engineer for System V based network in the 1980s. FreeBSD was my staple system at home until about seven years ago.
I ripped my CD collection to MP3s in the late 1990s and did a really bad job of it, so I'm 80% of my way through doing it again (this time to FLAC). I'm surprised how many of those CDs have degraded to a point where even Exact Audio Copy can't save them  . I guess I'll be going shopping to replace them.
Currently, I'm playing around with some Raspberry PIs as I try to set up a multiroom audio system.
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(10-05-2023, 06:53 PM)PeterSmith Wrote: Hello and greetings from Auckland, New Zealand.
So, what can I say about myself?
I know a little bit about Unix/FreeBSD/Linux, having been a systems engineer for System V based network in the 1980s. FreeBSD was my staple system at home until about seven years ago.
I ripped my CD collection to MP3s in the late 1990s and did a really bad job of it, so I'm 80% of my way through doing it again (this time to FLAC). I'm surprised how many of those CDs have degraded to a point where even Exact Audio Copy can't save them . I guess I'll be going shopping to replace them.
Currently, I'm playing around with some Raspberry PIs as I try to set up a multiroom audio system.
Welcome aboard!
About ripping... if can help, I use "abcde" under Linux, and so far, out of almost 2500 CDs (oldest one maybe '87, newest one yesterday...), only 2 weren't readable; probably because of very bad scratches...
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Quote:Welcome aboard!
Thanks for the welcome, Nutul.
Quote:About ripping... if can help, I use "abcde" under Linux, and so far, out of almost 2500 CDs (oldest one maybe '87, newest one yesterday...), only 2 weren't readable; probably because of very bad scratches...
On the CDs that I can't accurately rip, I can usually see when the reflective layer has degraded or even flaked off altogether. I could ignore the errors, but I figure if I'm ripping them for the second time, I might as well do a proper job  .
Of the 2000 or so CDs that I have, about 50 are stuffed (I can't get a bit-accurate copy of one or more tracks).
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(10-05-2023, 08:43 PM)PeterSmith Wrote: Of the 2000 or so CDs that I have, about 50 are stuffed (I can't get a bit-accurate copy of one or more tracks).
Then you just got a bit less lucky... if the reflective layer is damaged, or peels off, those 50 are well gone.
I wish you good luck in finding them somewhere; maybe a flea-market...
P.S.
Setting up a multi-room with moOde should be relatively easy. What is your current set-up?
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I have an old rack-mounted Synology NAS in the basement where I keep my music.
MoOde ... I've been playing with it for about a week now. Down in the basement, I dug out a very old Raspberry Pi 3B that is set up as a sender.
In the living room, there is a Raspberry P400 hidden away under the TV. It's connected via HDMI to the TV and thence to the soundbar. That is my first receiver.
In my study, I have a brand new Raspberry Pi 4 that's a receiver too ... at the moment, I just plug some headphones into the 3.5mm jack (whilst I'm playing with moODe).
The next step is to build a Raspberry Pi into some kind of speaker for the bathroom. Yikes: water and electricity. I'm hum-ing and ahh-ing about how to link the Pi to the speaker. DAC and Amp, Bluetooth, I don't know at this point. I need to do a bit of reading.
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(10-05-2023, 09:33 PM)PeterSmith Wrote: The next step is to build a Raspberry Pi into some kind of speaker for the bathroom. Yikes: water and electricity. I'm hum-ing and ahh-ing about how to link the Pi to the speaker. DAC and Amp, Bluetooth, I don't know at this point. I need to do a bit of reading. This is how, basically, you can connect the Pi to a DAC, and then to an AMP
(if the DAC offers volume control, you can also directly connect it to a set of powered / active speakers, skipping the AMP bit)
Pi => USB => DAC => AMP => SPEAKERS
Pi => HAT DAC => AMP => SPEAKERS
Pi => HAT (coax / optical / i2s) => DAC => AMP => SPEAKERS
Pi => BT-Speakers (like Sonos and the like - of course audio quality here is limited by the BT)
There are also some DIY DAC projects (one is the protodac in one of the audiophile threads here)
For the moOde-in-the-bathroom thing... since the audio quality here is not a must (?), you can probably hook-up a set of powered speakers either via the headphone jack or BT.
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Many thanks, Nutul. That's very helpful.
By the way, Groovesetter seems very cool. Are you the founder?
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I use this rig on top of kitchen cabinet. It's around $50 not including the Pi.
- Old Pi-3B, Headphone out
- Creative Pebble V2 speakers
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VVP...UTF8&psc=1
- Creative 30W Dual Port Power adapter
https://us.creative.com/p/accessories/cr...pd-adapter
- USB Power cable for Pi
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07232...=UTF8&th=1
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You make it seem too easy (as does moOde). I see a shopping trip to Amazon in my future.
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(10-05-2023, 10:33 PM)PeterSmith Wrote: Many thanks, Nutul. That's very helpful.
By the way, Groovesetter seems very cool. Are you the founder?
No, just one of the developers.
And thank you, I find it very cool too. The thing was to enter a second phase (with video, chat, and other amenities) but then lack of funding brought it to a stop.
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