Wireless system that works with MinimServer? (SONOS alternative)

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(30-03-2017 17:40)adrian Wrote:  No. I installed BubbleUPnP Server on my NAS and it said it was running. Is there something special needed for configuration? I looked around for settings and didn't find anything.

Ah - it's a bit hard to tell whether you just mentioning "BubbleUPNP" means the BubbleUPnP Android app, or the BubbleUPnP Server, or both. You should have said you didn't manage to configure it. Presumably, you didn't read on its web page I linked to, that nothing special other than a web browser is required to configure BubbleUPnP Server. Use the following address to access its web browser app:
http://aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:58050
where aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd is the IP of the networked device you are running BubbleUPnP Server on, ie, your NAS. Select the Media Renderers tab & you should see something similar to picture I posted.

(30-03-2017 17:40)adrian Wrote:  Kazoo isn't working at all---I mean, it just shows the "searching for rooms" message. Could this be a sign that BubbleUPnP Server is not working properly? (I thought it was a problem with the app.)

Should Lumin be able to play to my local device? Because it runs, but I can't get it to play on the tablet speakers.

"searching for rooms" is Linn Kazoo's way of saying it can't find any OpenHome renderers (a 'room' is Linn's speak for an OpenHome renderer), well, because you haven't got any (& specifically not created the OpenHome renderer in BubbleUPnP Server's settings for the Chromecast Audio). I think Linn's software designers reckon this is ok, because if Linn Kazoo is supposed to be an OpenHome renderer controller, what's the point of going any further if it can't find any OpenHome renderers to control? - not what I would have done, BTW.

No, just like the Linn Kazoo app, the Lumin app is purely an OpenHome controller app. Therefore it does not come bundled with a music file player for the local device - I think you may have been spoilt by the BubbleUPnP Android app's 'extra' local renderer function. However, unlike the Linn Kazoo app, it's been designed to allow you to access some of its functions, even if it can't find any OpenHome renderers on the network to control.

(30-03-2017 17:40)adrian Wrote:  Another observation is that the hardware volume control buttons don't work. But if I switch to the "local renderer" then I can control the volume using those buttons from within BubbleUPnP.

Well, since the BubbleUPnP Android app's local renderer is supposed to play music files on the local device, it's not surprising that the device's hardware volume control works on the device itself!