Software Volume Control question ..

[stopspinning]

Sorry newbie here.

If I am streaming music files from MinimServer to a UPnP renderer - can I control the volume of the music stream from MinimServer?

Reason I ask is that I rather like the sound quality from my Marantz NA7004 spdif out but it does not attenuate the volume at the digital level which is my goal (I have no remote on my amp).

I realise there may be some loss of quality when attenuating from the software but I would not be tapping the volume down too much.

Thanks.

[simoncn]

You can do this using the optional MinimStreamer package. You need a trial license or full license to run MinimStreamer. Here is an overview of how you could reduce the volume of all files by 6dB:

1) Install the MinimStreamer package
2) Depending on what device you are using to run MinimServer, you might need to install FFmpeg on that device
3) Set the stream.transcode property to transcode all filetypes in your library to wav using FFmpeg. The setting you need will depend on what filetypes you have in your library. For example, if your library contains FLAC and MP3 files, you would set this property to: flac:wav;, mp3:wav
4) Set the stream.options property to: convOut=-af volume=-6dB
Make sure you spell dB correctly (lower-case d, upper-case B).

[stopspinning]

(08-05-2022 22:09)simoncn Wrote:  You can do this using the optional MinimStreamer package. You need a trial license or full license to run MinimStreamer. Here is an overview of how you could reduce the volume of all files by 6dB:

1) Install the MinimStreamer package
2) Depending on what device you are using to run MinimServer, you might need to install FFmpeg on that device
3) Set the stream.transcode property to transcode all filetypes in your library to wav using FFmpeg. The setting you need will depend on what filetypes you have in your library. For example, if your library contains FLAC and MP3 files, you would set this property to: flac:wav;, mp3:wav
4) Set the stream.options property to: convOut=-af volume=-6dB
Make sure you spell dB correctly (lower-case d, upper-case B).

Thanks - I guess I will be running MinimServer on a Windows 10 NUC if that's acceptable.

So just to visualize the whole setup - run MinimServer on the Windows 10 NUC - then somehow stream Qobuz through / via MinimServer which will then pass the stream on to the Marantz UPnP device?

Sorry I'm not sure of the whole setup chain.

[simoncn]

I don't know if you can use my suggestion for qobuz streaming. It works for local files and HTTP streaming (internet radio).