Minim wishlist

[simoncn]

(25-06-2013 22:56)Alekz Wrote:  I see the only workaround is to add "rendering" and "controlling" abilities to the server. The actual control point will control the server (because it "thinks" that it's the renderer), the server in turn will control the actual renderer. The server (acting as a virtual control point) will tell the actual renderer to pull the "single very big track" from the server, etc.

Yeah, not the best and not the prettiest solution...

This would require the actual control point to use one of the two gapless approaches when talking to the server's virtual renderer, so it wouldn't work with a standard UPnP actual control point.

This discussion has convinced me that the best approach is for the server to do the serving, the control point to do the controlling, and the renderer to do the rendering. Eventually the manufacturers of control points and renderers will understand that they need to support gapless playback for their products to be competitive.