I use moodeaudio You can disable library indexation / update at boot Works pretty well on a raspberry pi 2 I don't know about boot time though as mine is always on... Source: 12 months ago

You can put (moode)[https://moodeaudio.org/] on the rpi and have an mpd, Spotify, and airplay server very easily. Source: about 1 year ago

- MoOde or Volumino - these pieces of software have images that can run on each raspberry pi. They will allow the pi's to show as airplay and spotify destinations. Volumino also has a snapcast plugin. Volumino also has a homeassistant integration for control from there. Source: about 1 year ago

If you don't mind doing a little work, a raspberry pi (2, 3, 4, any of them work) with moode works great. It'll do airplay for streaming from your macbook and MPD for playing your library off the sd card. Source: about 1 year ago

Here I think I can give something in return. Check out https://moodeaudio.org/ and see if it fits your needs. Source: over 1 year ago

If you're usually manage torrents from Windows, my answer is: Transmission Remote GUI. I'm running a few Docker instances of Transmission and transgui has given me the best experience so far. It's lightweight (~5 MB RAM), handles remote directory forwarding, and can control nearly (if not all) the functions/controls in Transmission, to include manually selecting files. I definitely prefer a desktop client... Source: about 2 years ago

I am using Transmission V2.94.0 since 2019 on my TS-251 with no problems. Just make sure to use 3rd party Transmission Remote GUI (I am using version 5.0.1) which is IMHO much better for torrents/files management than Transmission Client itself. https://sourceforge.net/projects/transgui/. Source: over 2 years ago

Haven't checked if it's available for FreeNAS, but - Transmission is awesome. I run the daemon headless on a Pi 4, and control it via https://sourceforge.net/projects/transgui/. Source: about 3 years ago