I am using picoreplayer on a Pi with bluetooth - works perfectly.
Bluetooth is build in, and whenever the speaker connects, it stats playing.
Rainer
> On 26 Jan 2021, at 10:32, Pieman1972 <Pieman1972.9w2uan (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com> wrote:
>
>
> I have a number of players, howver the Squeezebox Radio I have been
> using in my BBQ Shack seems to have died a death. Not powering on either
> under battery or mains, I have swapped batteries with another radio and
> the charging leads and still no joy :-( I will put a post in the Radio
> forum seeing what folks think about trying to repair.....
>
> So I am looking at the potential alternatives. My server is running on a
> Synology DS209+ NAS (Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.0 - 023.1090 @
> Wed Jul 20 12:03:07 UTC 2016.....yes I know it needs an upgrade but its
> getting round to it plus I think it was a Synology package).
>
> I have an old iPhone 5 lie-ing around, I was thinking to use that a
> conduit to a external IPX7 (W-King possibly) Bluetooth speaker, Wifi to
> the shack is good. Music on the NAS is a collection of MP3 and FLAC
> format - from what I've read the iOS10 (which the iphone 5 runs) doesn't
> support FLAC natively so needs a player.....so was thinking of an App to
> "play" the tracks on the phone and then Bluetooth to the speaker......
>
> So questions - which software will do that for me - a quick search of
> the old Wiki seems to show only iPeng in existence now. On my Android
> phone I have Squeezer and SqueezePlayer. I don't really want to use my
> own phone as it would mean it would always need to stay in the shack
> whilst playing - plus it also has the Govee light strip app which
> connects via Bluetooth so if I want to change my light settings the
> music would stop!
>
> Of course any other suggestions to suitable players - possibly Wifi
> enabled so could connect direct to the NAS most welcome (with any
> suggestions for iOS apps to control the music!) will be most welcome.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
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Bluetooth is build in, and whenever the speaker connects, it stats playing.
Rainer
> On 26 Jan 2021, at 10:32, Pieman1972 <Pieman1972.9w2uan (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com> wrote:
>
>
> I have a number of players, howver the Squeezebox Radio I have been
> using in my BBQ Shack seems to have died a death. Not powering on either
> under battery or mains, I have swapped batteries with another radio and
> the charging leads and still no joy :-( I will put a post in the Radio
> forum seeing what folks think about trying to repair.....
>
> So I am looking at the potential alternatives. My server is running on a
> Synology DS209+ NAS (Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.0 - 023.1090 @
> Wed Jul 20 12:03:07 UTC 2016.....yes I know it needs an upgrade but its
> getting round to it plus I think it was a Synology package).
>
> I have an old iPhone 5 lie-ing around, I was thinking to use that a
> conduit to a external IPX7 (W-King possibly) Bluetooth speaker, Wifi to
> the shack is good. Music on the NAS is a collection of MP3 and FLAC
> format - from what I've read the iOS10 (which the iphone 5 runs) doesn't
> support FLAC natively so needs a player.....so was thinking of an App to
> "play" the tracks on the phone and then Bluetooth to the speaker......
>
> So questions - which software will do that for me - a quick search of
> the old Wiki seems to show only iPeng in existence now. On my Android
> phone I have Squeezer and SqueezePlayer. I don't really want to use my
> own phone as it would mean it would always need to stay in the shack
> whilst playing - plus it also has the Govee light strip app which
> connects via Bluetooth so if I want to change my light settings the
> music would stop!
>
> Of course any other suggestions to suitable players - possibly Wifi
> enabled so could connect direct to the NAS most welcome (with any
> suggestions for iOS apps to control the music!) will be most welcome.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
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