Hi all,
I'm slowly building up a new squeeze implementation for our new house (ok, we've been in it 2 years, but it'll still be considered new until I get the music sorted).
But I have a burning question: How many separate synchronised players will realistically work together?
Ideally I have 9 zones in the house, so that would be 9 players. Most of the time they'll be playing the same so will need to stay synchronised.
Does anyone know if that is feasible or will I need to cut down the players by having multiple zones on each player? The hardware I'm planning to run is largely Raspberry Pi's, each running two instances of squeezelite with 2 DAC's per Pi (one I2S DAC and one USB DAC on each). In case it matters, quality needs to be "good" but not "audiophile" under this config. If I'm in the main listening room I'll turn off all other zones to avoid having to worry about syncing.
Any thoughts from anyone? Anyone else running high numbers of zones?
I'm slowly building up a new squeeze implementation for our new house (ok, we've been in it 2 years, but it'll still be considered new until I get the music sorted).
But I have a burning question: How many separate synchronised players will realistically work together?
Ideally I have 9 zones in the house, so that would be 9 players. Most of the time they'll be playing the same so will need to stay synchronised.
Does anyone know if that is feasible or will I need to cut down the players by having multiple zones on each player? The hardware I'm planning to run is largely Raspberry Pi's, each running two instances of squeezelite with 2 DAC's per Pi (one I2S DAC and one USB DAC on each). In case it matters, quality needs to be "good" but not "audiophile" under this config. If I'm in the main listening room I'll turn off all other zones to avoid having to worry about syncing.
Any thoughts from anyone? Anyone else running high numbers of zones?