21-Jan-2025, 04:57 AM
I'm a happy newcomer to Snakeoil 1.4 as of last weekend!
I have transitioned from a tweaked Squeezebox Touch which connected to my Gieseler DAC via its Amanero384 USB board, with a fresh Rpi5 8GB now controlling the show.
This was my first time playing around with Ubuntu and there were a few hiccups along the way, even with my cluey 16 year old son by my side,
In terms of sound quality, Snakeoil 1.4 and Ubuntu 22.04 with the real time kernel is a clear step up over the Logitech Touch - a cleaner and blacker background and very articulate. Colour me impressed!
As a first-timer who struggled to get my head around the process, even with the walk-through in the first post, I think it is worth investigating updating the WIKIs and walk-throughs to include additional background information or update existing information to provide a whole-of-solution approach - particularly if we are to encourage people to get on board this wonderful software. I fear that the "barrier to entry" may be too high for rookies, and this is affecting uptake vs other options which are easier to install yet potentially offer less flexibility and inferior sound quality to Snakeoil.
I'm not savvy enough to assist with writing any of this, but I'd be only too happy to review and provide feedback on any guides produced through the eyes of a recent new user.
Food for thought anyway, and once again, a big thanks to @"Snoopy8" and of course the main man, @"agent_kith"
I have transitioned from a tweaked Squeezebox Touch which connected to my Gieseler DAC via its Amanero384 USB board, with a fresh Rpi5 8GB now controlling the show.
This was my first time playing around with Ubuntu and there were a few hiccups along the way, even with my cluey 16 year old son by my side,
- for some reason, manually entering some commands didn't work... however if I copied and pasted directly from the first post in this thread, they worked fine.
- being spoiled by the glossy exterior of Windows, and other user interfaces for streaming software which doesn't require you to get your hands dirty, I wasn't across the basics regarding accessing Snakeoil and subsequently LMS via the web browser (as I'd only ever used the iPeng app to access LMS for a very, very long time)
- I was struggling to select the correct options to enable either the LMS/Squeezelite web broswer or iPeng to view my network-based files and play music. Through sheer luck and fiddling around, I got to the bottom of it. I can't recall exactly how I did this though.
In terms of sound quality, Snakeoil 1.4 and Ubuntu 22.04 with the real time kernel is a clear step up over the Logitech Touch - a cleaner and blacker background and very articulate. Colour me impressed!
As a first-timer who struggled to get my head around the process, even with the walk-through in the first post, I think it is worth investigating updating the WIKIs and walk-throughs to include additional background information or update existing information to provide a whole-of-solution approach - particularly if we are to encourage people to get on board this wonderful software. I fear that the "barrier to entry" may be too high for rookies, and this is affecting uptake vs other options which are easier to install yet potentially offer less flexibility and inferior sound quality to Snakeoil.
I'm not savvy enough to assist with writing any of this, but I'd be only too happy to review and provide feedback on any guides produced through the eyes of a recent new user.
Food for thought anyway, and once again, a big thanks to @"Snoopy8" and of course the main man, @"agent_kith"
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