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A project log for Mini-PI Media Server

Mini-PI Media Server for use on home network or as a wifi access point to stream media from

diddydiddy 01/27/2026 at 22:080 Comments

So whats new ?

No new functionality in this release but plenty of bug fixes due to Pi OS Trixie madness

1. the introduction of rpi-swap played havoc with zram-tools for memory compression and swap space

2. kernel page size setting to 16k is great for performance boost on a pi5, absolutely useless on a Pi Zero 2 W with 512mb ram. any PI with 1GB of ram of less will struggle with this latest introduction.

3. had to completely re-write the WiFi and Adhoc WiFi management for the pi's onboard wifi card.

NOTE: only tested the WiFi and Adhoc WiFi on the Pi Zero 2 W.

so many race conditions with services on startup. got there in the end.

4. On the main web page, updated the popup status for the network connection type Now shows if connected via WiFi, Ethernet or running as an access point. the old method was sometimes wrong.

5. a couple of new backgrounds added for the web page. looked good to me.

can be downloaded by :-

wget -qO main.zip https://github.com/diddy-boy/mini-pi-media-server/archive/refs/heads/main.zip && unzip -o main.zip && cd mini-pi-media-server-main && unzip -o pi-setup*.zip && cp -rf pi-setup ~/ && cd ~ && rm -rf mini-pi-media-server-main main.zip && cd ~/pi-setup && chmod +x ./*.sh && sudo ./mini-pi-setup.sh

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