In case any on here are waiting and not spotted it Max2play - www.max2play.com have released a Beta download for the new Raspberry Pi . I use this software as a nice simple interface for Logitech Media Server and have my USB HD Library connected to a single Pi running the server only .
I downloaded the new Beta version this morning and flashed it to my Raspberry Pi 4 4GB unit . Everything was very smooth using Balena Etcher to write to the card .Card loaded fine was able to get the max2play interface open striaght away . Then just a matter of loading all of my normal settings , mounting the USB drive and installing and starting LMS . I did all of this before i replaced my current Raspberry Pi 3+ which is my current server .
Full load and scan of my Library (50049 tracks) has taken about thirty five minutes but this is a one time set up so this was the same if not longer for all the previous Pi incarnations I have used. Speed and smoothnes for the new Pi4 is very noticable . Adding plugins , loading an updated version of LMS takes a fraction of the time it used to and when restarted the LMS is very quick to reload and be available somehting i could never say about the previous versions.
So far all the plug ins I have tried (Material World , Radio Paradise , BBC iPlayer ) have all worked faultlessly and there have been no drop outs or glitches I could find or hear. Currently playing John Martyn from a Random Mix while I type this and I am now going to say something that I am sure i will regret the sound seems to be improved . Yes I do know this is very subjective but it seems to me to be more solid and stable . Now given that it is just a digital file transfer there should be no differenc but perhaps the true 1gb Ethernet chip is just making the exchange better. This si not huge differences but it does make music easier to listen to so will take it .
I downloaded the new Beta version this morning and flashed it to my Raspberry Pi 4 4GB unit . Everything was very smooth using Balena Etcher to write to the card .Card loaded fine was able to get the max2play interface open striaght away . Then just a matter of loading all of my normal settings , mounting the USB drive and installing and starting LMS . I did all of this before i replaced my current Raspberry Pi 3+ which is my current server .
Full load and scan of my Library (50049 tracks) has taken about thirty five minutes but this is a one time set up so this was the same if not longer for all the previous Pi incarnations I have used. Speed and smoothnes for the new Pi4 is very noticable . Adding plugins , loading an updated version of LMS takes a fraction of the time it used to and when restarted the LMS is very quick to reload and be available somehting i could never say about the previous versions.
So far all the plug ins I have tried (Material World , Radio Paradise , BBC iPlayer ) have all worked faultlessly and there have been no drop outs or glitches I could find or hear. Currently playing John Martyn from a Random Mix while I type this and I am now going to say something that I am sure i will regret the sound seems to be improved . Yes I do know this is very subjective but it seems to me to be more solid and stable . Now given that it is just a digital file transfer there should be no differenc but perhaps the true 1gb Ethernet chip is just making the exchange better. This si not huge differences but it does make music easier to listen to so will take it .