04-16-2021, 11:47 AM
Update: have now updated two separate Pi systems so have a bit more on what works.
Over the years I have ended up with fairly full-featured desktop environments on a moOde install - RPD, LXDE & PIXEL, I think it was RPD on the Pi that was stopping the moOde UI from working after the 7.1 update. Although the XMing/PuTTY option works fine it is a little more prone to freezing and a bit less responsive than the VNC option so I wanted to have another go at that.
On a fresh install of 7.1 instead of going down the bigger desktop environment route I enabled VNC and for 'boot into GUI' went with the Pi suggestion (LightDM I think) - and it works fine.
This gives me the option of running JRiver as well as moOde so that for editing tasks: tags, cover art, artist name edits etc. I can do everything on the Pi rather than having to use a separate machine for this purpose. (The music files are on an SSD attached to the Pi so it is a totally self-contained player).
A further question though: sound played from a browser on the Pi isn't routed via moOde/MPD as far as I can tell, using ALSA I guess. Is it possible to change this, to use moOde for other sounds originating on the Pi?
Over the years I have ended up with fairly full-featured desktop environments on a moOde install - RPD, LXDE & PIXEL, I think it was RPD on the Pi that was stopping the moOde UI from working after the 7.1 update. Although the XMing/PuTTY option works fine it is a little more prone to freezing and a bit less responsive than the VNC option so I wanted to have another go at that.
On a fresh install of 7.1 instead of going down the bigger desktop environment route I enabled VNC and for 'boot into GUI' went with the Pi suggestion (LightDM I think) - and it works fine.
This gives me the option of running JRiver as well as moOde so that for editing tasks: tags, cover art, artist name edits etc. I can do everything on the Pi rather than having to use a separate machine for this purpose. (The music files are on an SSD attached to the Pi so it is a totally self-contained player).
A further question though: sound played from a browser on the Pi isn't routed via moOde/MPD as far as I can tell, using ALSA I guess. Is it possible to change this, to use moOde for other sounds originating on the Pi?
