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MINIMSERVER AND SYNOLOGY COMPATIBILITY SOFTWARE
MINIMSERVER AND SYNOLOGY COMPATIBILITY PC

Yes, the BubbleUPnP Android app does have a UPnP renderer and a UPnP media server in addition to its more commonly used component of a UPnP control point. It is perhaps more accurate to say that it is needed between network and DAC, because the UPnP renderer needs a network connection to the UPnP control point as well as a network connection to the UPnP media server, which may well be running (but not necessarily) on the NAS and managing the music files stored on the NAS.

MINIMSERVER AND SYNOLOGY COMPATIBILITY SOFTWARE

Incidentally, UPnP/DLNA streamers (hardware and software ones) are not restricted to being just a DMR or just a DMP, as some can be both a DMR and a DMP.įirstly, I think it's a bit too simplistic to say that a (DAC-less) dedicated hardware UPnP renderer is 'needed in betwen NAS and DAC'. The DS Audio app is a remote control specifically for the Audio Station player and is not a UPnP controller. Only a DMR can be used with UPnP/DLNA controllers, such as the BubbleUPnP Android app, which 'push' the music files to the UPnP renderer from the UPnP media server.Ī DMP streams from UPnP/DLNA media servers by 'pulling' the music files to itself, ie, if it is controlled with its own user interface, so would include using its own remote control, such as the DS Audio app. It's possible that the actual issue is that the Synology NAS's Audio Station (software) music player is a Digital Media Player (DMP) and not a Digital Media Renderer (DMR). 'To connect to Audio Station via mobile devices, you can download DS audio with iOS/Android devices or Windows Phone' 'Audio Station can play music with live lyrics display through USB or Bluetooth speakers connected to your Synology NAS' 'With Audio Station, you can also browse and play songs on the DLNA-certified Digital Media Servers' Some controllers can be used to select & setup streaming services like Tidal, Quboz.Unfortunately, I don't have a Synology NAS to verify, but isn't its Audio Station music player application supposed to support playback from UPnP/DLNA media servers through the NAS's USB audio output, using the DS Audio app? Synology's Service & Support page, states: UPnP controller: examples include BubbleUPnP, Hificast (both Android) and mConnect (iOS) run on phones and tablets to select and play the music.

I chose to have 2 separate boxes because I wanted the extra power of the NUC to run convolution.Īlso, there are other UPnP server software, including Audirvana, JRiver, Plex, Synology & QNAP media players etc. Yes, it is possible to simplify and have the library and UPnP server in one box.

MINIMSERVER AND SYNOLOGY COMPATIBILITY PC

The NUC can be substituted by a PC running Windows or Linux (many flavours) or a Mac. Note that MinimStreamer will soon move to an initial license fee and annual subscription, a small amount that I will willingly pay. UPnP server: I chose MinimServer because it was stable and well supported. It does convolution room correction using its optional module called MinimStreamer. What operating system is running your NUC? When you say you use Bubble to control music from a NAS do you mean your NUC is the NAS as well as the music server and this Bubble contacts this Minimserver?(if that makes sense). I'm a complete noob at all this so please bear with me but what you have done looks to be exactly what I need.

Minimserver and synology compatibility