Glossary

RaspberryPi

Raspberry Pi - A small, affordable, credit-card-sized computer that serves as the brain of your DIY audio player. It connects to your network, runs the music software, and perfectly streams...

PowerSupply

Power Supply - The plug that delivers electrical power from the wall to your electronics. In high-fidelity audio, a robust and clean power supply is critical because cheap phone chargers...

PassiveSpeakers

Passive Speakers - Traditional speakers that require an external electrical boost to produce sound, unlike typical computer speakers that plug into the wall themselves. In a DIY setup, you pair...

Mopidy

Mopidy - A flexible music server software that runs in the background of your Raspberry Pi. It acts as the software engine for your audio project, pulling music from your...

MPD

MPD (Music Player Daemon) - A lightweight, invisible software engine that runs in the background to handle the actual playing of your music files. For a Raspberry Pi audio player,...

Lossless

Lossless Audio (FLAC) - A digital music format that compresses files without throwing away any of the original sound details, unlike standard MP3s. Playing lossless files through your Raspberry Pi...