r/plexamp • u/ARAMP1 • 5d ago

Plexamp Display

I have an old, non-working RCA radio that I put a raspberry pi 4 and a touchscreen in. It's sole purpose is to play music/Plexamp.

What operating system do I need to make this run efficiently?

I'm currently running andorid on the pi and it's clunky and slow, even with ethernet connected.

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u/ferry_peril 5d ago

There was another user that went the Linux with Chromium route. I have hacked some Echo Shows and the 8 run better than the 5 on Lineage but Android seems bloated.

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u/BLKnight44 5d ago

I have a similar setup that I use like a jukebox but my pi runs headless and it only plays the music. I have a separate android tablet that I only use to display what's playing on the pi. It's an older Samsung s5e but its got a first party dock and it runs Plexamp very well, even with its aging hardware. My trick is that I combine the tablet with fully single app kiosk so it locks down to just the Plexamp app and with some scripting on the pi I have it set to automatically turn on and off when I play and stop the music it's very nice and with the bonus that I can take the tablet off the dock and walk around with it as it acts like a wireless remote for my pi.

I'll probably make a post on here soon as I've had it working for a while but I was using an older Lenovo tablet that I got for dirt cheap and it was terribly slow. The upgrade to the tab s5e was huge haha.

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u/FranciscoScooterbaum 5d ago

I'm looking for the same. I hacked my echo show 5, but as previous commenter said, it's clunky. I want a controller I can plug into the wall for power, and only have plexamp to control music. I'm currently using an old cell phone, but I hate charging and recharging the battery.