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[alan9990]

my apologies.

It does yes, specifically because I did a fair bit of research before buying my DAC. And I concluded that DLNA was not wanted/necessary (it's more restrictive than UPnP despite being a subset of the protocols), and that I want just a music server running on a box, because a) not about to 'stream' photos or video etc. around my home and b) I'll eventually build a small form factor Pi/SBC box precisely to sit in the corner and just run the server, rather than (at present) fire up the 'spare' PC and leave the whole thing running just to run a music server.

I came here because Cambridge Audio recommended either Minimserver or AssetUPnP as the two music specific UPnP servers that work well with their hardware (I have the MXN100)

I've looked and looked, and tried and tried with other software, and just given up in despair/frustration because so many open source projects - kept alive by passionate volunteers mostly - just simply fails at some important hurdle, or ends up being unwieldy, or most often is geared towards video streaming and audio is a bit of an afterthought. Stuff like Plex and etc. seem to want to transcode on the fly - an absolute no for me.

I don't want a server that's controlled via a web interface, and for which I have to enable transcoding. Software like Volumio and Lyrion seem to need to be installed on a Pi or similar device before they work, thus I can't really test them out fully without buying hardware, and even then they may not work (I've tried booting them from a portable installation).

Minimserver ticks every box but one, and it's properly designed, does nothing except what it's supposed to, and will tell me if it needs updating. I'm delighted it does one thing only and does it well. However, I'm not in a mood to address in excess of 70,000 music files (I've been busy of late!) to "bodge" my way around what I see as a shortcoming in its features.

If you are able to tell me of any other server software that is audio focused, supports WiFi sharing on a local network, will run under Linux, ideally is lightweight, and doesn't need a degree in engineering or software to make it work... I am most certainly all ears! And yes, VERY very happy to pay for it - nobody wants to work for free. But to date, this software and the other mentioned are the only 2 from about fifteen I've tried that actually work to any important degree.