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Two renderers sitting on top of my RME ADI-2 Pro This is fairly straightforward to do with almost any Linux SBC, and I’ve provided instructions in Appendix B. The Pi is running the ready-to-go distribution Volumio, while the NanoPi Neo2 has the player software installed from scratch. At the top left is a NanoPi Neo2, while on the right is a Raspberry Pi with an Allo DigiOne digital output HAT. This photo shows a couple of the renderers I’m using right at the moment. You can also switch between controllers while music is playing. The diagram lists controller apps that I have found to work well.įigure 1. With this architecture, you don’t need to leave a controller turned on once you have started music playback. That’s the purpose of the control point or controller i.e. You also need a way to browse music on Qobuz, to select a renderer to play music to, and to control playback. You can have as many renderers as you like on your network. While previously I have used a Raspberry Pi running Volumio as an example, there are lots of things that can be used, including other Linux SBCs and off-the-shelf devices such as those on this list. In UPnP parlance, these “things” are called renderers. As long as a device supports UPnP/DLNA, it will work in this architecture.

By “thing” I am of course evoking the Internet of Things (ioT). This software is what enables us to stream Qobuz to lots of audio players, streamers, devices, or “things”.

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You can install it on a Mac or Windows computer, or on its own SBC (single board computer). In the center is a key piece of software called BubbleUPnPServer.

Appendix B : Turn any SBC into a music playerįigure 1 illustrates the architecture of the system, which sets out the main pieces of hardware and software involved.

I also noted that the Qobuz desktop player claims DLNA streaming support (in beta) but as far as I can tell, it doesn’t work. Qobuz streams native high-res audio at up to 192 kHz, so it raises the bar on the capabilities of the streaming system. I’m going to use Qobuz as the streaming service in these articles. This article presents the big picture, and follow-up articles will look at specific audio players. I think it’s about time, however, for some updates that cover things other than the Raspberry Pi. I assumed in that article that audio would be played to a Raspberry Pi with Volumio installed on it.

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I'll keep an eye on Qobuz's full fledged connect app development (which they say they are sloThat article turned out to be one of HifiZine’s most popular for long-term readership.

At the moment it is impossible to give a date as we are at the beginning of the project' Oct 2021 Quote from David Craff, Qobuz Product Manager for Desktop, Web Player and Search Engine: Will not be continuing my sub with Qobuz when it expires next month and am reluctantly moving over to Tidal PURELY for the seamless integration of its Tidal Connect app into the M33. Searching and sorting tracks and albums is a pain via the NAD OS (but a breeze on the phone blutoothed to NAD or the car).

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Alas, the Android app allows me to only stream direct to the NAD via Bluetooth quality, that's handy but not good enough and definitely not hi rez. On the BluOs it's slow, buggy and has about half the layout and access features that the Android app carries. Love Qobuz but have given up on running it through the BluOs system on the (very wonderful) NAD.

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