Article: Geek Speak: How To Build A UPnP / DLNA / OpenHome Renderer For Less Than $100

[kumakuma]

Thanks kumakuma.

 

The only way this is possible is through the use of a USB hub. I haven't tried it yet. The port you are looking at is actual microHDMI.

 

The specs say there is a miniUSB port and a microHDMI port. I assumed that the one on the same side as the LAN port was the HDMI and the one below the USB was the miniUSB. Hard to tell from the photo though.

[Audio_ELF]

Chris ... please take this question completely as its written without any criticism, etc.

 

Do you feel that your setup has any benefit over the more established https://volumio.org or RuneAudio - Embedded Hi-Fi music player

 

Eloise

[The Computer Audiophile]

The specs say there is a miniUSB port and a microHDMI port. I assumed that the one on the same side as the LAN port was the HDMI and the one below the USB was the miniUSB. Hard to tell from the photo though.

Ahhhhhhhhhh! I wasn't thinking. Of course there is a miniUSB as that's another way to power the board! Now back to your original question. I suppose it's possible to run it wirelessly. Oh great, another thing to look into :~)

 

Thanks for correcting me!

[kumakuma]

Ahhhhhhhhhh! I wasn't thinking. Of course there is a miniUSB as that's another way to power the board! Now back to your original question. I suppose it's possible to run it wirelessly. Oh great, another thing to look into :~)

 

Thanks for correcting me!

 

Thanks for confirming, Chris.

[The Computer Audiophile]

Chris ... please take this question completely as its written without any criticism, etc.

 

Do you feel that your setup has any benefit over the more established https://volumio.org or RuneAudio - Embedded Hi-Fi music player

 

Eloise

Hi Eloise - Good question. I've used those distributions in the past and think they are great. My setup has no intrinsic benefit over those options. I elected to use the option I'm using mainly because it enables me to easily create preconfigured downloadable images that can automatically be flashed to the onboard eMMC of the BBB. (enabling the user to remove the SD card).

[The Computer Audiophile]

Thanks for confirming, Chris.

Do you know of a miniUSB to USB B cable for connecting to a DAC? Or, do you know of a miniUSB adapter that would enable me to connect the USB wireless card to the adapter and still use the regular USB port for the DAC?

 

Edit: I guess this adapter would work for a USB wireless card - > http://www.amazon.com/USB-Female-Mini-Male-Adapter/dp/B0016RNX2I

[Richard Dale]

Chris ... please take this question completely as its written without any criticism, etc.

 

Do you feel that your setup has any benefit over the more established https://volumio.org or RuneAudio - Embedded Hi-Fi music player

 

Eloise

 

I use stock Voyage MuBox on my two BeagleBones:

 

Supported Boards | Voyage MuBox

 

It is set up to use Zeroconf so that you don't need to do any configuration in an MPD client app, such as MPoD or MPaD.

 

I've used RuneAudio and Volumio on a couple of I2S Raspberry Pi DAC cards - the Wolfson and the IQAudio PiDAC. That was a great combination, especially the PiDAC which sounded the best.

[kumakuma]

Edit: I guess this adapter would work for a USB wireless card - > http://www.amazon.com/USB-Female-Mini-Male-Adapter/dp/B0016RNX2I

 

That's what I was going to suggest.

[Vinh]

Yes, Hugo works with renderers. I've reported here on it several times (Rendu, JPlaystreamer, Aries).

 

Thanks. Could it integrate with Tidal/Wimp?

[The Computer Audiophile]

Thanks. Could it integrate with Tidal/Wimp?

Not currently because none of the UPnP servers support sending TIDAL audio to a renderer. If JRiver could integrate TIDAL then it would be game on!

[SeeHear]

Can you not send Tidal via mediacenter 20 as the default audio device?

[The Computer Audiophile]

Can you not send Tidal via mediacenter 20 as the default audio device?

Not via UPnP.

[Keith B]

Thanks for the great article Chris. Could the Musical Fidelity V-Link 192 be used without drivers with this configuration?

 

Thanks,

Keith

[fritzg]

What would be a good iOS UPnP control point for use with minimserver and a synology NAS?

[The Computer Audiophile]

Thanks for the great article Chris. Could the Musical Fidelity V-Link 192 be used without drivers with this configuration?

 

Thanks,

Keith

Yes.

[wappinghigh]

...Chris..whilst this hardware solution looks awesome I feel a multiroom project will break down on the software side. Why isn't there still to this day a stable well supported UPnP control point software solution for mac and iOS? Which supports all formats 24/192 and DSD gapless? These are the most common pieces of control hardware... JRiver is way too complicated for this sort of simple task. Wap.

[The Computer Audiophile]

...Chris..whilst this hardware solution looks awesome I feel a multiroom project will break down on the software side. Why isn't there still to this day a stable well supported UPnP control point software solution for mac and iOS? Which supports all formats 24/192 and DSD gapless? These are the most common pieces of control hardware... JRiver is way too complicated for this sort of simple task. Wap.

What's so complicated about JRiver?

[Audio_ELF]

What would be a good iOS UPnP control point for use with minimserver and a synology NAS?

 

...Chris..whilst this hardware solution looks awesome I feel a multiroom project will break down on the software side. Why isn't there still to this day a stable well supported UPnP control point software solution for mac and iOS? Which supports all formats 24/192 and DSD gapless? These are the most common pieces of control hardware... JRiver is way too complicated for this sort of simple task. Wap.

 

Being OpenHome compatible you have a wide choice of iOS control points to choose from including Linn Kinsky and Kazoo; Lumin's app; Auralic Lightning DS app and third party apps such as SongBook.

[fritzg]

What's so complicated about JRiver?

 

JRiver doesn't run on a Synology NAS does it?

[The Computer Audiophile]

JRiver doesn't run on a Synology NAS does it?

No.

[fritzg]

Being OpenHome compatible you have a wide choice of iOS control points to choose from including Linn Kinsky and Kazoo; Lumin's app; Auralic Lightning DS app and third party apps such as SongBook.

 

Thanks. Looks like Linn's Kinsky is the only one that works on an iPhone, others are iPad only.

 

A related question, is there a way to tell what resolution that is being streamed via minimserver?

[Audio_ELF]

Thanks. Looks like Linn's Kinsky is the only one that works on an iPhone, others are iPad only.

 

A related question, is there a way to tell what resolution that is being streamed via minimserver?

Some control points show the resolution.

 

Also you can add "Special Index Tags" to browse by quality and file type, etc.

[ted_b]

Since this image is based on MPD could the Mpad remote app (not a UPNP control point but a damn good JRemote look alike) see this device (similar to how JRemote can still be used if JRIver is the DLNA server)?

[fritzg]

Some control points show the resolution.

 

Also you can add "Special Index Tags" to browse by quality and file type, etc.

 

Thanks. I wasn't specific enough. I am looking for an indication of what minimserver would be streaming, to make sure no downsampling is happening in the chain.

[ted_b]

Yes, fritzg, unless you command Minimstreamer to sample (up or down) the original sample rate is delivered, and most control points report it as either part of the display or part of the info in the information pulldowns.