Running local music files from device

[arjunm009]

Can this be used to play local mp3 files on a device?
Where is the option to do so? The documentation has no mention of playing local files from the computer, tablet or mobile. It just mentions playing files from USB connected to Raspberry Pi or streaming from Spotify.

[hondagx35]

Hi arjunm009,

you can play
- files from a network storage (shared music library)
- files from usb thumb drive, usb hdd connected to your device
- files stored on the local sd card
- webradio
- spotify (premium account required)
- files streamed via airplay
- the device can act as a upnp renderer

Frank

[jgold]

It would be nice if you could play from other local devices and not just USB. I've got an 8gb SD card on my Raspberry Pi. Rune only takes 2.1. That leaves 5.7 GB for music. For what I'm trying to do that will hold more than enough. I formatted the extra space and put my music on it only to find that the interface doesn't allow local drives.

I'm not trying to complain. You've put a lot of work into it and it's appreciated. It's easy enough to buy a small USB drive and use that. Still, it seems like it wouldn't be too hard to add the option to just search local drives for music files. I think the program would make a better impression if you could. Just a suggestion.

I'm running version 0.4 on a Raspberry Pi 3 with the Raspberry Touch Display.

[Stephane]

Hi,
You have to expand the EXT4 partition and you will be able to use it as local storage thru a SMB share.

Envoyé de mon ONE E1003 en utilisant Tapatalk

[hondagx35]

[RRPi3]

[hondagx35]

[Stephane]

If you are familiar with Linux and that your LocalStorage card is ext4 formatted then you can put the new 0.4 files without having to reformat the card.

First install the new image on a small SD card or USB stick or whatever you have. Mount the first partition and save its content ( tar cpzf /tmp/boot-partition.tgz .); mount the second partition and save it.
Then use Gparted to insert in first place a FAT16 partition (100-200MB). The second partition should be the original Localstorage with your music in it but shrinked and moved.
Mount the first new partition and restore the content you have made with tar (tar xvpzf /tmp/boot-partition.tgz .). Do the same with the second partition and move your local music into /mountplace/mnt/MPD/LocalStorage.
Insert the SD card in he PI and boot. You should see your music.

[RRPi3]

[hondagx35]