On first time start up, Id Pi indexes your music library much faster and is more reliable than other Raspberry Pi software I have used. The android/apple app remote JRemote is amazingly good. Jriver's web based control known called 'Panel' is just plain better and feels way more solid than the interfaces for Volumio and MoOde. Sound quality wise its great - equal to Volumio and MoOde. Jriver does not seem to have any plans for streaming integration even for the pc, mac or linux versions - a point here for Volumio which at least offers a pay version with streaming integration. You will probably need an extra app like BubbleUpnp to accomplish this (similar to what you have to do with the free version of volumio). Id-Pi does not offer streaming integration but you should be able to use it as an endpoint from say a smartphone with a streaming app provided the app can see it on the network. Streaming? Spotify? Tidal? Does it do it? You will get a 16gb microSD card with Id-Pi already installed in a few days under normal non-quarantine conditions. How Much does it cost and where can I get it?Ĭontact Jriver and paypal them $39.

Id-Pi is a stripped down version of the JRiver media software meant to run on the Raspberry Pi as its primary OS. Since Id-Pi is not free like most others I thought I'd try to save some folks some money.

This time the Pi2AES whipped the shit out of my media pc so I went about trying out different OS'es for the PI. I eventually stuck with my media pc with pro-grade audio card with AES out. I tried using a Pi back in 2016 but the audio hats were not what they are today.

After purr1n posted his review and how to for the Pi2AES, I decided to give the Raspberry Pi another shot at becoming my primary digital transport.

Jriver remote control