New user request advice Minim NUC MusicCast

[Snoopy08]

(06-08-2019 03:22)firefly Wrote:  Hardware - Fanless NUC - has it been done, does it work with Minim?
Software - Minimserver + Minimwatch. Would I need anything else to make it work?
OS - Windows - any reason why not?
Playlists - one feature of MusicCast means it's quite nice to be able to play 'playlists' on/from the media server. i.e. custom albums essentially. I can see that I can do this in WMP but can I do it in Minim?
Ripping - do on main machine using dbPoweramp and move to box running Minimerver?

I am using an Intel NUC with Minimserver, press the power button and it starts up, and press button to power off. It is running a Linux system called SnakeOil OS. SnakeOil OS is an easy to use music system OS which does not require you to learn Linux. While it is free, a token donation will make Minimserver selectable out of the box (otherwise have to install manually).

Windows 10 is big and ugly, can be made to play music better, but SnakeOil is almost free but requires a little bit of work to install. SnakeOil optimised for music and Agent Kith, the developer is responsive and helpful. Same for Simon here!.

Minimserver will pick up m3U8 playlist (m3u playlist, UTF8 encoded), a text file.

You will also need a controlling software, recommend BubbleUPnP on Android

For CD ripping, suggest EAC.