new member from Scotland

[scook94]

Hi all,

Just introducing myself so I can get a post under my belt. I have a Hifiberry DAC2 HD incoming (sometime today) in order to repurpose a Pi5 into a music server to replace my (apparently) failed Chord Mojo/Poly combo which I'd been using plugged into my Rega Brio to play my library of approx 20,000 FLAC files. After some research decided that I like the look of MoOde over the other options. With any luck and Royal Mail willing, I should have this up and running later today! Quite excited with this latest iteration of my HiFi journey, which started as a student back in the 80s!  

I live in Central Scotland FWIW.


Regards, Steve.

[Nutul]

Hi Steve, and welcome aboard.
There are many fellows here that have "refurbished" their own old gear with a fresh moOde, from PiZEROs to Pi5s, so you're not alone.
Slainte!

[scook94]

Thanks, I'm now up and running.

Very straightforward to setup, I now have Spotify Connect working as well as local files controlled by both the web interface on my PC and phone as well as via MPD. Added bonus that I hadn't anticipated is setting up the storage on the Pi as a network share so I can drag and drop files direct from the PC, going to make life a lot easier. I have a (very few) album artwork issues to resolve and then I'll delve into the Radio Stations. Very impressive project and initial listening is very favorable compared to the Chord combo I had been using, especially considering the price!

[Nutul]

You can still use the Mojo with moOde, USB being the best choice concerning inputs, so you don't need to replace everything... ;-)
Remember to do a "Update library" every time you transfer files over SMB share, and you'll be ready to go.

Regarding the album-art issues, just post a new thread about it, and you'll quickly get it sorted out.

[scook94]

Yeah art work issue resolved, downloaded the missing images and dropped then in their respective folders as "cover.jpg". Then took me a while to figure out how to get Moode to refresh, but once I found out where that was in the settings it was a breeze.