I've moved to Moode 2.6 having used Volumio 1.55 for the last 18 months or so. I thought Volumio was great but Moode is in a different league. I have an original RPi model B and two model As with 2 x HiFiberry DACs and 1 x HiFiBerry Amp.
Moode has many additional and useful features. But the thing that has impressed me most is its sheer stability. When viewing a boot of Volumio on screen there would be error messages and strange glitches appearing. None of this with Moode which boots very cleanly and in something like half the time of Volumio.
Delighted as I am with Moode I do, of course, have a personal wish list:
- Start up sound - this is not critical as the boot up is so fast, but it's always nice to hear a sound and know it's all up and running
- Option to remove Genre from Library - these are seldom used (by me anyway) and stop the Library interface from being usable on an iPhone. Would be great if the entire left hand column had the option to be replaced by Artist.
- Store radio stations on a NAS - would prevent having to copy new stations to all three of my devices
- Cover art is randomly failing to show - maybe it's the way I have added the art in iTunes, but I can't work out the pattern if that's the case
- Unresponsive volume control - I use the hardware volume control on the HiFiBerry Amp and this worked smoothly from the Volumio interface. For some reason it is way less smooth with Moode.
But these items would be the icing on the cake from my perspective. Moode is the best and I'm delighted with it.
Paul
