Squeezebox radio working again with Lyrion Media Server

 I am a big fan of the squeezebox Radio but when Logitech decided to stop their service it took me a while to understand that that was why the Squeezebox radio could no longer connect.
The fact it only supports 2.4 Ghz always made the connection a bit sensitive.

I had a small windows Machine that I used for playing audio using Foobar.
It was running Windows 10 Pro and could not be upgraded to Win 11 so I decided to switch to Linux.

I opted for Linux Mint Cinnamon and Lyrion Media server below the specs:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.8.0-45-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.0
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.2.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin dm: LightDM
    Distro: Linux Mint 22 Wilma base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Q1900TM-ITX serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: P1.60 date: 03/01/2018
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series High Definition Audio vendor: ASRock
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f04
  Device-2: C-Media DSD TECH USB Audio Device driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 0d8c:0147
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-45-generic status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin

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And here the Squeezebox player info:

I can say it is very stable running for months already.
The only tweak I used was in the community Firmware for Touch/Radio/Controller (v0.0.9)
Go to Settings:

and there checked the box and everything else default:

 For a friend I installed Linux Mint and Lyrion Media Server on a HP T630 Thin Client and that is working also flawlessly. The T630 is running headless and connected Wireless to his home router and serving 2 Squeezebox Radio's.

So to conclude
You can still enjoy your Squeezebox Radio. It only costs about 120 Euro if you have no old hardware lying around and some time to install the software

Enjoy!

Switched my small audio Windows machine from Win 10 to Linux Mint and connected Mytek DSD 192 DAC

 I realized that My small audio PC running Windows 10 Pro could not be upgraded to Win 11 because it is too old. Because Win10 will no longer be supported after Oct 2025 I decided to switch to Linux

Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Q1900TM-ITX
UEFI: American Megatrends v: P1.60 date: 03/01/2018

I chose Linux Mint Cinnamon 22 and it is working perfectly

Connecting Mytek DAC 192 DSD

Connecting to my DAC Mytek dsd 192 was a bit of a challenge. Under Windows I used USB.
Googling I found that there is no  Linux  USB driver from Mytek.

Luckily this ASrock Motherboard also has a TOSLINK Optical connection that  allows me to connect to the Mytek.
That works fine but I realized if I ever need to replace this ASrock Motherboard for a different one I did not want to be depending on a Motherboard with Optical out.

I found on Amazon a small box from DSD Tech:SH-AU02A USB to TOSLINK Coaxial SPDIF Audio Adapter

This way I have a broader choice when I need to replace my motherboard and still use the Mytek

I hope it helps to still use your beloved Mytek DAC

Enable NumLock at windows startup using registry

 Instead of having to go into your bios to Activate NumLock at startup you can also change the following key in Registry:

HKEY_USERS\Default\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators

Change value from 2147483648 to  2147483650

 As Admin:
reg add "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard" /v "InitialKeyboardIndicators" /d 2147483650 /f /t REG_SZ