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It’s actually quite simple, only one server is needed. All the others can be players (the server can also run a player at the same time if needed)
Every Pi has to have its own playername (can be changed in the settings / reboot tab.)
e.g.
max2playserver for the server
max2playroom1 for the first player
max2playroom2 for the second player
Just make sure to choose a different name for each Pi.Once the server and all the players are up and running, go to the webinterface of the logitech media server.
In the top right corner, there is a drop-down menu from where you can select each player.
Thats it, all players are running with the same server.
You can also choose to synchronise 2 players to play always at the same time.
Nice addon, will for sure be usefull.
Just a few things:
The installation (normal, not the beta) would not update the website, after the click on „Install ShellInABox“.
It just ends up looking like this:
After reloading the page manually, it’s installed. (Worked on one of my two raspberrys at the first try, for the second one, i had to click „Install ShellInABox“ again)
Once it’s installed, i had to open the console in fullscreen to get the button to add an exception. In the small box, the button won’t show up. After adding the exception, it also works in the small box.
It’s working fine so far, i just noticed a small bug: Certain keys won’t work. For example the minus key left of r-shift.
Just some info about my 2 systems:
Testet in Firefox 48.0
2 x Raspberry Pi 3, Max2Play 2.34 (non beta)
Both with the latest kernel and packages: „Linux max2play 4.4.16-v7+ #899 SMP Thu Jul 28 12:40:33 BST 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux“ (Updated both from the „Raspberry Settings“ page.)Wäre auch dafür. Hätte sogar schon etwas zum posten.
Good idea. I could already post something.
It’s quite simple, i’ll show you how to do it with a raspberry pi. Should also work with any other device running max2play, just the username / password might be different.
Get the tool „putty“ and open it.
Insert the ip of your device or try it with max2play or whatever name you have given your device. (Leave the port 22 as it is)
If this is your first connection, you may have to confirm a message which might show up.
A new window should now open up asking you for a username. Enter „pi“ (without „), hit enter and insert the password „raspberry“ (also without the „).
Now you are almost finished. Just copy and paste (a simple right click will paste it into the putty window) the line you got in the update info from your server eg.:
sudo dpkg -i /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/updates/logitechmediaserver_7.9.0~1463151428_arm.deb
and execute it. It may take a few seconds but once you can enter a new command its finished.I’ve updated my LMS a few times and it was and never a problem. In case you are afraid to loose anything, just create a backup-image of your SD-card so you can restore it anytime. (im using the „USB Image Tool“ for backups)
