Adding radio to Naim App

[simoncn]

As I suspected, the file is corrupt. It starts with CR LF before #EXTM3U. An extended m3u playlist must start with #EXTM3U with no preceding characters. As this file starts with CR LF #EXTM3U, it is processed as a regular m3u playlist with all the other #EXT lines treated as comments.

In addition, each line ends with CR LF. If you are using this file on a NAS (running Linux), each line must end with LF and no CR. As things stand, the CR is treated as part of the URL and this is why the NDS is unable to play the streams.

I have two Melcos (N1A and N1Z), The N1A is the server and my N1Z is the renderer, playing through a USB-attached dCS Rossini. This separates file system reading and library browsing from audio rendering, enabling the N1Z renderer to produce better sound quality.

With your setup I would expect playing radio streams from MinimServer on the Melco to produce better sound quality than playing them from MinimServer on a NAS. This is because the Melco is designed to sound good in an audio system and a NAS is designed for general-purpose processing and storage. Playing radio streams from the Melco should should not increase the processing load on the Melco unless you are playing local files and radio streams at the same time. The only way to find out for sure is try it both ways and compare.