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I feel like I only just understand you but this is pretty niche stuff for this forum! If you are recording vinyl you need an ADC to record it and a DAC to play it back, there's no getting around that.
Can you get the software side sorted in the Pi to make a hat record to whatever you want to store it to? I don't do that kind of thing with Plex so I don't know much about it.
Personally I record vinyl using Logic and add tags using Yate. I can't think of an easier way to get digital versions of albums with all the track names etc. If you just record sides into a Pi hat how are you going to split the tracks and tag them all?
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Sorry, missed this. Decided I'll probably just go for an external USB soundcard and plug it in to the laptop when required as that'll not be very frequent.
Next question: audio over IP, does it always require a dedicated cable run? My amp has a zone 2 which I'd like at the far end of my kitchen, running cable will be a ball ache, replacing the amp for something more modern is an option but an expensive one. Is there any way to do this over a switch and modem? Possibly more of a home networking question.
Polygon
Can anyone help me get my head around my setup that I'm slowly piecing together? Co-opted this unused chimney breast as a cable riser, but any cables still have to pass through a 12mm hole. I plan to get a NAS or maybe an NUC that will sit on the left next to router and act as Plex server for a Raspberry pi client in the back of the AV unit (it has DNLA but the interface is bad).
I'd also like to be able to record vinyl to digital if possible, preferably without going through two DACs which would be the case if I run an RCA between AV and NUC.
Best option so far feels like some kind of optical in hat for the PI writing over network to the NAS. Even that might be above my pay grade though.