After a few more failed attempts to remote play using omxplayer, mpg123, and aplay, I tried a new approach. mpd(Music Player Daemon). Took me about 15 minutes to set this up using this guide. Once the service was up and running I looked for an interface to control the PI remotely. The default install of the Manjaro Linux I am using in a Virtual Box had the Contata media player software installed. Used this to connect to the PI and I now have a groovy remote way to manage playlists, play music and even stream internet radio. Just a couple more things to do then I am done with 2 items on the bucket list. Have to get another 2G external drive to mirror the data to for the NAS to be complete and then need a clever way to hide all the wires and components I had to use for the whole setup of the Media Server. Perhaps this weekend….
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