02-09-2023, 08:34 AM
Hi @ovizii,
I notice that in this and other threads the possibility of your Zero W being too underpowered is being suggested. I'll not nay-say those messages, but I do urge you to persevere with your Zero because in my experience it is adequate. I stream radio to mine all day most days, I connect to it via Bluetooth a lot, Spotify connect a lot, and I'm currently sending music via UPnP from BubbleUPnP on my Android phone as an experiment.
You can see, it is far from idle, but it isn't struggling in any way. My Zero is inside the wood and leather case of a Roberts Revival radio, along with all the original radio electronics. The radio itself is in a different room to the wireless access point it connects to, with a wall, several pieces of furniture and 4 metres between them. I have my music library on a NAS and it is mounted into the moOde player over SMB. It works a lot better using the moOde UI and the mounted library than it does streaming the same files via UPnP.
So, firstly make sure your power supply is good, that causes all sorts of strange behaviour. Check that you have a decent SD card, also the cause of much oddness. Then consider where your Library is, could you mount it rather than sending it over UPnP? Also, a simple re-flash of moOde and starting a fresh is worth trying when a player seems to be misbehaving.
I won't pretend it will ever by a super fast player that can handle DSP while streaming huge files over a terrible connection, but it can be a solid player for a casual listening device.
I notice that in this and other threads the possibility of your Zero W being too underpowered is being suggested. I'll not nay-say those messages, but I do urge you to persevere with your Zero because in my experience it is adequate. I stream radio to mine all day most days, I connect to it via Bluetooth a lot, Spotify connect a lot, and I'm currently sending music via UPnP from BubbleUPnP on my Android phone as an experiment.
You can see, it is far from idle, but it isn't struggling in any way. My Zero is inside the wood and leather case of a Roberts Revival radio, along with all the original radio electronics. The radio itself is in a different room to the wireless access point it connects to, with a wall, several pieces of furniture and 4 metres between them. I have my music library on a NAS and it is mounted into the moOde player over SMB. It works a lot better using the moOde UI and the mounted library than it does streaming the same files via UPnP.
So, firstly make sure your power supply is good, that causes all sorts of strange behaviour. Check that you have a decent SD card, also the cause of much oddness. Then consider where your Library is, could you mount it rather than sending it over UPnP? Also, a simple re-flash of moOde and starting a fresh is worth trying when a player seems to be misbehaving.
I won't pretend it will ever by a super fast player that can handle DSP while streaming huge files over a terrible connection, but it can be a solid player for a casual listening device.
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Robert
Robert
