MinimServer, MinimStreamer, and HQPlayer Desktop

[Newk Yuler]

This is a "can it be done" inquiry. I've spent some time searching for info and found enough to realize I probably should ask instead of spending a lot more time trying to make something work that may not be possible.

HQPlayer Desktop is an extraordinary music player that processes a variety of lossless audio formats. No lossy MP3, AAC, etc. In spite of the thought that high bitrate lossy codecs would benefit from HQP's processes. The maker states he chooses (in part) to exclude lossy support due to the licensing costs involved with including them. One feature that is necessary AFAIC is the ability to accept internet radio playlist links which HQP does as long as the content is in a format it processes (usually FLAC is what's available). I've tried that much and confirmed it works as I need it.

I recently discovered MinimServer and MinimStreamer and was immediately intrigued with the ability to transcode formats in streaming audio links. Hoping it can take the MP3 sources and transcode to a lossless format that HQPlayer will recognize.

Is it possible to configure MinimServer and MinimStreamer to work with HQPlayer Desktop inside of a single Windows 10 PC without the extra business of setting up a UPnP AV system? I want to use MinimServer/Streamer to intercept streaming links from MP3 internet radio sources and transcode MP3 to FLAC or WAV then send it to HQPlayer in the same PC and then out to a non-NAA/UPnP/DLNA connected USB DAC.

Additionally I want MinimServer/Streamer to intercept MP3 files in local storage, transcode them and pass them to HQPlayer in the same system described above.

In other words I need MinumServer/Streamer's abilities to intercept and transcode as it's designed and pass to an internal music player instead of handling it like a UPnP/DLNA system.

Please forgive me for sounding like a noob. I have no experience with network AV. I've never needed it to need to learn how to make it work so I'm not fluent with the specifics.

Thanks!