by windcrest77 » Sun Dec 29, 2013 5:52 pm
mojo34 wrote:Hi all,
Jenmeer has reported my exact situation as well: Synology NAS with music library, wanted to use MM to "play to" DENON Network Audio Player (or Pioneer).
If the Android MM version could get a "play to" feature, it would be awesome to use the app as a controller. The other option is to get a Windows 8 tablet (not RT) and run regularly Media Monkey's upcoming 4.1 version.
But Android tabs are less expensive...
I have tested playing from the NAS via a Samsung Tab, and the headphone line-out gave pretty poor sound on my nice system. It'd be best if the sound didn't have to depend on the tablet's components at all.
Any idea whether or not that "play to" feature will make it into the Android version?
Thanks!
I also have a 12TB Synology NAS, networked to a laptop dedicated to my stereo system that runs MM, that laptop is connected to a USB DAC that feeds my Integra receiver. All my files are lossless flac, ape, wma, m4a, etc. What I have found is that DLNA does not work all that well for high end audio, most DLNA clients will tell MM to down convert (transcode) higher bit rates (above 800kbps) rather than accept them as-is. So what I do is install Monkey Mote on my iPad and Android devices and use that to remote control MM on the home theater laptop running MM (which indexes the NAS). This way I don't other with DLNA, I get fastest response time, no files need to be cached and transcoded by MM and the main stereo runs with a nice DAC and full fidelity.
DLNA is a convenience technology, its ok for some things, but I've found good remote control solutions for MM to be much more useable, reliable and just plain sound better.
[quote="mojo34"]Hi all,
Jenmeer has reported my exact situation as well: Synology NAS with music library, wanted to use MM to "play to" DENON Network Audio Player (or Pioneer).
If the Android MM version could get a "play to" feature, it would be awesome to use the app as a controller. The other option is to get a Windows 8 tablet (not RT) and run regularly Media Monkey's upcoming 4.1 version.
But Android tabs are less expensive...
I have tested playing from the NAS via a Samsung Tab, and the headphone line-out gave pretty poor sound on my nice system. It'd be best if the sound didn't have to depend on the tablet's components at all.
Any idea whether or not that "play to" feature will make it into the Android version?
Thanks![/quote]
I also have a 12TB Synology NAS, networked to a laptop dedicated to my stereo system that runs MM, that laptop is connected to a USB DAC that feeds my Integra receiver. All my files are lossless flac, ape, wma, m4a, etc. What I have found is that DLNA does not work all that well for high end audio, most DLNA clients will tell MM to down convert (transcode) higher bit rates (above 800kbps) rather than accept them as-is. So what I do is install Monkey Mote on my iPad and Android devices and use that to remote control MM on the home theater laptop running MM (which indexes the NAS). This way I don't other with DLNA, I get fastest response time, no files need to be cached and transcoded by MM and the main stereo runs with a nice DAC and full fidelity.
DLNA is a convenience technology, its ok for some things, but I've found good remote control solutions for MM to be much more useable, reliable and just plain sound better.