Running multiple instances MinimServer on QNAP and selectable audio format

[rweten]

Simon - greetings and I hope you are well?

I assume that the point about not being able to run multiple instances on a QNAP also applies to ReadyNAS devices.

I've read a few threads on here about supporting multiple instances. My requirement is really quite straightforward and I wonder if it might be possible to achieve it without a major development?

My current MinimServer/MinimStreamer set-up is configured to support Linn renderers. The data is stored as FLAC files and I use MinimStreamer to transcode the files to WAV24 as I find this gives the best SQ.

The problem this gives is that I have plenty of other devices wanting to access the server, but unable to use WAV24. For example iPads, Macs, PCs.

I can work around this by putting up a separate physical device (I have an older ReadyNAS kicking around), but that gives me the problem of maintaining the data files between the two. Alternatively I can implement a different server on the main ReadyNAS but this seems a pretty awful approach.

Is there any way I can work with MinimServer to give me a high res and a lower res stream from the NAS?

Thanks,
Richard