Minimserver not visible and transcoding/playback "on the fly" for Naim Unitiserve-SSD

[simoncn]

Hi Stephen,

(21-08-2017 09:20)Stannas Wrote:  > Hi Simon
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> I have just downloaded Minimserver to my Windows 10 laptop.
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> I have a desktop icon and have double clicked on this. I believe it is
> running in the background, but I can't see anything. I cannot see any
> About tab, referred to in the instructions.

You should be able to see a green minim icon in the system tray at the lower right of the screen. The icon might be in the overflow area (click the upward-pointing triangle).

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> What I wanted to do was just try to transcode a .FLAC file to .WAV "on
> the fly", which requires Minimstreamer. This latter I cannot see any way
> to add? I want to play the .FLAC file on a USB currently from my laptop,
> and ideally via my Naim Unitiserve to see how close it sounds to native
> .WAV. Without transcoding, thee is a significant audible difference
> between .WAV and .FLAC, even on my laptop, but staying with .WAV creates
> complexity with tagging.

See this page and this section. To install MinimStreamer, you need to right-click the minim icon, then select Properties from the menu, then select the Packages tab.

Quote:> Is there an automated lookup of album art etc with Minimserver please
> and if so, what databases does it use? I've a lot of Elvis titles on a
> label called Follow That Dream (part of BMG) and few are in MusicBrainz.
> Some are in AMG, which is the best database for higher-quality album art
> and mainly what the Unitiserve uses. I don't want to overwrite my
> Unitiserve metadata-just fill in anything empty or incorrect like Genre
> or artwork and have the option to reject or accept at individual album
> level. If Minimserver won't help much with this, is there any other
> software that will?

MinimServer doesn't provide this capability. I suggest you investigate SongKong (see this thread).

Quote:> Also, is there any free software to embed the .XML file that the
> Unitiserve creates in .WAV files, but retain a separate .jpg cover art
> file called folder.jpg?

I am not familiar with this .xml file. Perhaps another user can advise on this.

Quote:> Thanks for your kind assistance.
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> Stephen

You are most welcome.