08-05-2023, 04:41 PM
(08-05-2023, 02:37 PM)Tim Curtis Wrote: Satellite mode doesn't need the nfs or smb storage plugins, just the proxy database plugin that is already compiled into MPD. There was a post by user @cprogrammer that talked about this.
Just keep in mind that Satellite mode won't do anything to fix a poor performing network or slow clients and it breaks cover thumbnail generation since this requires client access to each song file in the remote file system via a local mount. Its only real purpose is administrative in nature i.e., to maintain a central remote MPD database. The downside is complex configuration and the associated difficulty in troubleshooting when things don't work.
Yeah, I saw that. My network is fine, I don't want/need thumbnails and the client is a pi zero w so....it's slow but I think it should be fast enough to stream music over a good wifi connection sustainably.
His post says:
"3) Makes configuration complicated for end users. They need to configure a network share using NFS or Samba on the server that will have the mpd database"
The server is a Pi 4 running moOde which is why I believe I need nfs enabled in mpd as both pis are going to be using it.
