Audiophile player with screen

ravikoth

hello,

i am about to start building a standalone digital music player with the raspberry pi 2 & a digi card with a digital out to an external DAC which is then connected to my valve amp & diy speakers.
initially i thought of building a basic player with no screen.
but now i feel it would be great to have a screen to display the ui.
i dont want to access the player using the touch screen, for this i will use my android phone.

i have assembled a linear power supply for the pi & a box is ready. i ordered a 3.5 inch screen only to discover that it doesnt work. so i figured that runeaudio + pi2 needs a hdmi capable screen with preinstalled drivers.

i thought this would work - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Raspberry-PI-7-inch-LCD-1024-600-Panel-Digital-LCD-Screen-and-Drive-Board-HDMI-VGA/32584935258.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.2.S87lCj&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_5_10057_10056_10065_10068_10055_10054_10069_10059_10058_418_10073_10017_10070_10060_10061_10052_10062_10053_10050_10051,searchweb201603_7&btsid=527740b9-166e-4c2d-85ca-f0645b3f8670

i would appreciate some input on this or any suggestions for my project.
thanks in advance.
regards
ravi.

hondagx35

Hi ravi,

so i figured that runeaudio + pi2 needs a hdmi capable screen with preinstalled drivers.

With a HDMI monitor no special drivers are needed.
You only have to adapt the zoom factor to get a perfect fit to your monitor (Rune is optimized for the official 800x480 Pi TFT).
I would spend a few bucks more and get an IPS panel.

i dont want to access the player using the touch screen, for this i will use my android phone.

To have a touch screen doesn't hurt, so i would chose one.

Frank

tinytommy

Hi Frank,

are you sure about 800x600?
The only so-called official Raspberry display I can find is this 7" one https://www.rasppishop.de/Raspberry-Pi-7-Touchscreen-Display with 800x480.
If this is the wrong one, could you point me in the right direction?

Thanks
Thomas

hondagx35

Hi Thomas,

are you sure about 800x600?

You are right it is 800x480, sorry my fault.

Frank