piCorePlayer
A minimal Raspberry Pi audio system that works as a Squeezelite player, music server or both.
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About piCorePlayer
piCorePlayer turns a Raspberry Pi into a dedicated audio device. It can run as a Squeezelite player with DAC output up to 384 kHz/24 bit, as a Lyrion Music Server that manages your library and streams from USB disks or a NAS, or as both on one board.
Players can be controlled from a touch screen, phone, tablet, computer or remote, and several players can play in sync or different streams in separate rooms. Online services such as Tidal and Spotify are supported through the server. It suits people building a multi-room music system on inexpensive hardware.
Strengths
- Player, server or combined setups on one board
- Synced multi-room playback across several players
- Works with original Logitech Squeezebox players
- High-resolution output through a DAC
Limitations
- Runs only on Raspberry Pi hardware
- Extra features need added packages and hardware
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree software; you supply the Raspberry Pi and any DAC.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- The piCorePlayer contributors
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Operating system
- Best suited for
- Building a multi-room music system on Raspberry Pi boards
- Categories
- Audio tools, Media servers
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to piCorePlayer
Compare allSoftware that can replace piCorePlayer for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
moOde audio player
An open-source audiophile music player and streamer operating system for Raspberry Pi computers.
moOde audio player is a GPL-3.0 Raspberry Pi music player OS installed through Raspberry Pi Imager, aimed at DAC hi-fi setups rather than the Squeezebox player ecosystem.
piCorePlayer as an alternative
Listings that name piCorePlayer as an alternative.
Shairport Sync
An AirPlay and AirPlay 2 audio receiver that turns a Linux machine into a network speaker.
piCorePlayer turns a Raspberry Pi into a Squeezelite player or server for synced multi-room playback, using the Squeezebox ecosystem instead of AirPlay.
Snapcast
A multiroom client-server audio player that keeps every client time-synchronized with the server.
piCorePlayer gives synced multi-room playback on Raspberry Pi boards as a Squeezelite player or server, but it runs only on Raspberry Pi hardware.
Volumio
A music player operating system that turns a Raspberry Pi or PC into a network audio streamer.
piCorePlayer is an open-source Raspberry Pi system that works as a Squeezelite player, server or both, with synced multi-room playback.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Lyrion Music Server
An open-source music server, formerly Logitech Media Server, that streams to Squeezebox and compatible players.
Music Assistant
Bring music libraries, streaming sources and players into a shared music server.
Mopidy
An extensible Python music server that plays local files, Internet radio and streaming services.
