Very cool stuff you are doing here.
I have been messing with my Media Center and ways of getting all this media played easily anywhere whether it is movies, TV shows or music for several years. I also wanted all my media to be stored in a single place and be available not only in the house, but also anywhere I have internet access. Here is most of what the latest version look likes. I currently have two Raspberry Pi running Kodi in my office and Family room. I have a third Raspberry Pi running MySQL to store the common media's meta data in for both media centers. This is great stuff. One of them is my DNLA media server, and I use Kodi to setup the connections to the network shares on my NAS for use in the DNLA server.
About 2 years ago I put together the following. I have one of these in the master bedroom and the backyard. They have been working very well.
Raspberry Pi
HiFiBerry Amp+
A case that works with both of these.
Bookshelf speakers
And this is how I made it all work.
http://blog.scphillips.com/posts/2014/05/playing-music-on-a-raspberry-pi-using-upnp-and-dlna-v3/
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The other part of my adventure has been a BubbleUPnP server and BubbleUPnP android app on my phone. The sever brings some additional features.
Secure access to my media from the internet.
It enables you to create a second OpenHome DNLA render for every one on your network. This lets you queue up your music or videos using your phone and be able to leave to go get some beer during the party and not loose the music.
Re-encode on the fly my Blu-Ray quality movie files to a smaller size so I can watch them remotely through via internet.
I am right in the middle of my next generation Music rendering adventure. It will be using Chomecast Audio. You are now able to group more then one of these together to be able to play the same music in multiple rooms for very little money. I will be connecting one of these to my stereo in my office and family room. I will be putting something close to the following in the living room, backyard and side yard. The BubbleUPnp app on my phone and the BubbleUPnP server app has added additional features to the Chromcast Audio to make this even better.
http://www.amazon.com/DROK-Amplifier-Dual-channel-Bookshelf-Speakers/dp/B0181Z4M4A?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00
http://www.amazon.com/Yeeco-Waterproof-Converter-Converters-Transformer/dp/B00QTJWRFW?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01
http://www.amazon.com/Adapter-JACKYLED-Switching-Converter-Transformers/dp/B017CJK4TS?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
http://www.amazon.com/Micca-COVO-S-Compact-Bookshelf-Speakers/dp/B00N8265I8?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00. These will be used for a couple of them.
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Good luck everyone on your DIY adventures.
Glenn
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