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		<title><![CDATA[MinimServer Forum - Digital Audio]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[DAC distortion.  Interesting video]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7836</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I found this on Youtube.<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBKDe0s69lc&amp;t=6s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBKDe0s69lc&t=6s</a><br />
<br />
Is there any way of reducing the modulation of the digital signal by 3db as it leaves Minim before it reaches the DAC of one's streamer?<br />
<br />
Sorry if a stupid question.<br />
<br />
Donuk]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I found this on Youtube.<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBKDe0s69lc&amp;t=6s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBKDe0s69lc&t=6s</a><br />
<br />
Is there any way of reducing the modulation of the digital signal by 3db as it leaves Minim before it reaches the DAC of one's streamer?<br />
<br />
Sorry if a stupid question.<br />
<br />
Donuk]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fidelia (Mac player) now browses MinimServer libraries directly]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7827</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Developer here — Patrick Krekelberg, Audiofile Engineering. Flagging that up front since this is about my own app.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fidelia-audiophile-player/id416135376?mt=12" target="_blank">Fidelia</a>, our Mac audiophile player, now browses UPnP/DLNA media servers directly, and MinimServer is one of the servers we proved it on with live libraries before shipping. Your MinimServer library appears in Fidelia's sidebar next to local files — one search across both — and plays out to USB or to any UPnP renderer, either bit-perfect or through the full signal path (crossfeed, psychoacoustic dither, SRC, Audio Unit chain) before it leaves the Mac.<br />
<br />
The reason I'm posting here specifically: this forum has the most metadata-serious UPnP users anywhere, and metadata is exactly where UPnP clients earn or lose their keep. DIDL varies between servers far more than the spec suggests, and the awkward cases are where it shows — classical works and movements, multi-disc sets, compilations, very large libraries. If you browse MinimServer in a way you suspect most clients get wrong, I would genuinely like to hear how Fidelia handles it, good or bad.<br />
<br />
Browsing your server is free, no purchase. Network playback has a 14-day trial that starts only when you switch it on, so you can install now and start the clock when you actually have an evening for it.<br />
<br />
Happy to answer anything about how we read what MinimServer serves.<br />
<br />
Cheers and thanks all!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Developer here — Patrick Krekelberg, Audiofile Engineering. Flagging that up front since this is about my own app.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fidelia-audiophile-player/id416135376?mt=12" target="_blank">Fidelia</a>, our Mac audiophile player, now browses UPnP/DLNA media servers directly, and MinimServer is one of the servers we proved it on with live libraries before shipping. Your MinimServer library appears in Fidelia's sidebar next to local files — one search across both — and plays out to USB or to any UPnP renderer, either bit-perfect or through the full signal path (crossfeed, psychoacoustic dither, SRC, Audio Unit chain) before it leaves the Mac.<br />
<br />
The reason I'm posting here specifically: this forum has the most metadata-serious UPnP users anywhere, and metadata is exactly where UPnP clients earn or lose their keep. DIDL varies between servers far more than the spec suggests, and the awkward cases are where it shows — classical works and movements, multi-disc sets, compilations, very large libraries. If you browse MinimServer in a way you suspect most clients get wrong, I would genuinely like to hear how Fidelia handles it, good or bad.<br />
<br />
Browsing your server is free, no purchase. Network playback has a 14-day trial that starts only when you switch it on, so you can install now and start the clock when you actually have an evening for it.<br />
<br />
Happy to answer anything about how we read what MinimServer serves.<br />
<br />
Cheers and thanks all!]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Serento: The audiophile UPnP controller app for iOS/macOS]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7826</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone.<br />
<br />
I was asked by simoncn to create a new thread so here goes.<br />
<br />
Disclosure first: I'm the developer of the app I'm about to describe. I'd rather be here answering questions than advertising, so ask me anything technical and I'll give you a straight answer.<br />
<br />
I've been an audiophile far longer than I've been writing this particular app. I run the largest audiophile community in Romania, I review gear, and like most people reading this I've spent years getting a digital front end to a place I'm happy with. Separately, my day job is running a small iOS development studio.<br />
<br />
For a long time those two things stayed in separate boxes. What finally brought them together was the frustration I suspect a lot of you know well: the hardware kept getting better, and the app I held in my hand to control it didn't. I'd sit down with a system I'd spent years assembling and drive it with something slow, that lost my place the moment I picked up a different device, that couldn't play half my DSD library locally, and that dropped the radio stations I actually listen to.<br />
<br />
At some point it stopped making sense to keep complaining about it when writing iOS apps is literally what I do for a living. So I built the control point I wanted for myself. It's called Serento, it runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and it's now on the App Store.<br />
<br />
The one principle I refused to compromise on: it stays out of the audio path. Serento finds your server and your renderer, tells them to talk to each other directly, and steps aside. It never proxies the stream and it never modifies your files - corrections and artwork layer on top, inside the app, never written back to your library.<br />
<br />
What's in it:<br />
<br />
- UPnP AV and OpenHome, using the renderer's own queue and Radio service where supported<br />
- Native DSD up to DSD512 out to the streamer, DoP fallback for DACs that need it, PCM to 32/768, gapless<br />
- DSD played on the device itself when there's no streamer in the chain - that one meant writing a decimator from scratch, which was the hardest part of the whole project<br />
- Internet radio that holds stations other apps stall on, loop, or refuse outright<br />
- A dedicated Classical section: composer, work, conductor, orchestra, soloist, period, form - with movements stitched back into whole works in the right order<br />
- Queue, playback position, volume, favorites, tags and settings mirrored across every device you own<br />
- Offline downloads, synced lyrics, ratings, private listening stats<br />
- No account anywhere. Sync runs through your own private iCloud, so I never see your library or your listening history.<br />
<br />
Tested during beta with Rockna, Linn, Lumin, Esoteric, Weiss, Moon by SimAudio, Technics, iFi, WiiM and Eversolo. <br />
<br />
Fourteen days free, no account needed to try it.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/id6762601663" target="_blank">https://apps.apple.com/app/id6762601663</a><br />
<br />
If you try it and something doesn't work with your gear, post it here. I'd genuinely rather hear about it than not, and I ship fixes every couple of weeks rather than every couple of quarters. I'll be around in this thread.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi everyone.<br />
<br />
I was asked by simoncn to create a new thread so here goes.<br />
<br />
Disclosure first: I'm the developer of the app I'm about to describe. I'd rather be here answering questions than advertising, so ask me anything technical and I'll give you a straight answer.<br />
<br />
I've been an audiophile far longer than I've been writing this particular app. I run the largest audiophile community in Romania, I review gear, and like most people reading this I've spent years getting a digital front end to a place I'm happy with. Separately, my day job is running a small iOS development studio.<br />
<br />
For a long time those two things stayed in separate boxes. What finally brought them together was the frustration I suspect a lot of you know well: the hardware kept getting better, and the app I held in my hand to control it didn't. I'd sit down with a system I'd spent years assembling and drive it with something slow, that lost my place the moment I picked up a different device, that couldn't play half my DSD library locally, and that dropped the radio stations I actually listen to.<br />
<br />
At some point it stopped making sense to keep complaining about it when writing iOS apps is literally what I do for a living. So I built the control point I wanted for myself. It's called Serento, it runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and it's now on the App Store.<br />
<br />
The one principle I refused to compromise on: it stays out of the audio path. Serento finds your server and your renderer, tells them to talk to each other directly, and steps aside. It never proxies the stream and it never modifies your files - corrections and artwork layer on top, inside the app, never written back to your library.<br />
<br />
What's in it:<br />
<br />
- UPnP AV and OpenHome, using the renderer's own queue and Radio service where supported<br />
- Native DSD up to DSD512 out to the streamer, DoP fallback for DACs that need it, PCM to 32/768, gapless<br />
- DSD played on the device itself when there's no streamer in the chain - that one meant writing a decimator from scratch, which was the hardest part of the whole project<br />
- Internet radio that holds stations other apps stall on, loop, or refuse outright<br />
- A dedicated Classical section: composer, work, conductor, orchestra, soloist, period, form - with movements stitched back into whole works in the right order<br />
- Queue, playback position, volume, favorites, tags and settings mirrored across every device you own<br />
- Offline downloads, synced lyrics, ratings, private listening stats<br />
- No account anywhere. Sync runs through your own private iCloud, so I never see your library or your listening history.<br />
<br />
Tested during beta with Rockna, Linn, Lumin, Esoteric, Weiss, Moon by SimAudio, Technics, iFi, WiiM and Eversolo. <br />
<br />
Fourteen days free, no account needed to try it.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/id6762601663" target="_blank">https://apps.apple.com/app/id6762601663</a><br />
<br />
If you try it and something doesn't work with your gear, post it here. I'd genuinely rather hear about it than not, and I ship fixes every couple of weeks rather than every couple of quarters. I'll be around in this thread.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bluetooth - out of my depth]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7791</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 08:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi folks...<br />
<br />
My normal system, which I do understand, is a Melco NAS with Minim, a Linn Klimax DS, into amp and speakers.<br />
<br />
My daughter has just bought me a lovely Bose Bluetooth headphones. <br />
<br />
Now, I have been able to put the Qobuz app on my iPhone, and it drives my new earphones nicely.<br />
<br />
Is there an app I can put on my phone to enable me to pick up my Melco on my home network, an allow me to play all the tracks on my hard drives there?<br />
<br />
Possible?<br />
<br />
Donuk]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi folks...<br />
<br />
My normal system, which I do understand, is a Melco NAS with Minim, a Linn Klimax DS, into amp and speakers.<br />
<br />
My daughter has just bought me a lovely Bose Bluetooth headphones. <br />
<br />
Now, I have been able to put the Qobuz app on my iPhone, and it drives my new earphones nicely.<br />
<br />
Is there an app I can put on my phone to enable me to pick up my Melco on my home network, an allow me to play all the tracks on my hard drives there?<br />
<br />
Possible?<br />
<br />
Donuk]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Router upgrade]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7782</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[We use Virgin Media to supply internet - digits good and fast but support pathetic.<br />
Recently negotiated a new contract and they said "you'd better have a new hub".<br />
It arrived by post and I installed it.  Called Hub 5.<br />
Much faster - 250 Mb/s.<br />
But what I was not expecting was a noticeable improvement in my digital hifi system.<br />
Which is Linn Klimax DS, old pizza box style with organic and utopik boards.  Fed by my Melco N1/A, Melco switch, opto-coupler.<br />
<br />
Anyone had similar experiences?<br />
<br />
Donuk, York.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We use Virgin Media to supply internet - digits good and fast but support pathetic.<br />
Recently negotiated a new contract and they said "you'd better have a new hub".<br />
It arrived by post and I installed it.  Called Hub 5.<br />
Much faster - 250 Mb/s.<br />
But what I was not expecting was a noticeable improvement in my digital hifi system.<br />
Which is Linn Klimax DS, old pizza box style with organic and utopik boards.  Fed by my Melco N1/A, Melco switch, opto-coupler.<br />
<br />
Anyone had similar experiences?<br />
<br />
Donuk, York.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Diretta]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7741</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Do you have any experience with Diretta?<br />
""A completely new protocol designed for high-end audio""<br />
<a href="https://www.diretta.link" target="_blank">https://www.diretta.link</a><br />
<br />
MinimServer/UPnP &gt;&gt; HOST &gt;&gt; Diretta &gt;&gt; Target &gt;&gt; dac<br />
What is the impact on SQ?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Do you have any experience with Diretta?<br />
""A completely new protocol designed for high-end audio""<br />
<a href="https://www.diretta.link" target="_blank">https://www.diretta.link</a><br />
<br />
MinimServer/UPnP &gt;&gt; HOST &gt;&gt; Diretta &gt;&gt; Target &gt;&gt; dac<br />
What is the impact on SQ?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cambridge Audio CXNv2 streams stall since firmware update]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7701</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I have a CXNv2 served by MinimServer on a Raspberry Pi (among other sources). The firmware for this device was updated at the end of October to Service Pack: v022-a-152+a, since which time I have had intermittent stalls on streams from all sources. I have submitted a ticket to CA support, which they have responded to, but it seems like they have not had similar reports of this happening. I suspect they don't have many UPnP users.<br />
<br />
Just wondering if anybody else out there has had problems since this update. There do seem to be some issues with Tidal streaming since then, but I am not using Tidal.<br />
<br />
Marmite]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I have a CXNv2 served by MinimServer on a Raspberry Pi (among other sources). The firmware for this device was updated at the end of October to Service Pack: v022-a-152+a, since which time I have had intermittent stalls on streams from all sources. I have submitted a ticket to CA support, which they have responded to, but it seems like they have not had similar reports of this happening. I suspect they don't have many UPnP users.<br />
<br />
Just wondering if anybody else out there has had problems since this update. There do seem to be some issues with Tidal streaming since then, but I am not using Tidal.<br />
<br />
Marmite]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[BBC radio stations not available]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7658</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 08:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi There<br />
 Can some learned person please point me in the right direction?<br />
I can no longer receive radio stations on my Linn KDS streamer.<br />
The dialogue says "not available in this country".<br />
<br />
My mate who also lives in York, also has this problem with his Linn Majik.<br />
<br />
A week ago they were working fine.<br />
<br />
But York is in the UK!<br />
<br />
I use Lumin and Minim.......<br />
<br />
Help please.<br />
<br />
Donuk]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi There<br />
 Can some learned person please point me in the right direction?<br />
I can no longer receive radio stations on my Linn KDS streamer.<br />
The dialogue says "not available in this country".<br />
<br />
My mate who also lives in York, also has this problem with his Linn Majik.<br />
<br />
A week ago they were working fine.<br />
<br />
But York is in the UK!<br />
<br />
I use Lumin and Minim.......<br />
<br />
Help please.<br />
<br />
Donuk]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jriver, they just are so bad...]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7654</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 02:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I am very frustrated.<br />
<br />
I use jriver Media Center for only one reason: compute and integrate DR into my audio files.<br />
<br />
I paid for Jriver 30, and as I don't need more, never upgraded. But here is the issue: with Mac 26 Tahoe, the app crashes very badly at start. No way I can launch it.<br />
<br />
Went onto the Jriver forum, which is the only way to get help. Wrote my problem. A guy who says is admin but is not working for jriver gave me a stupid advice, which did not work. So I posted my crash log. That was over a week ago.<br />
<br />
And then silent, no one cares about my problem.<br />
<br />
Jriver, they just are so bad.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am very frustrated.<br />
<br />
I use jriver Media Center for only one reason: compute and integrate DR into my audio files.<br />
<br />
I paid for Jriver 30, and as I don't need more, never upgraded. But here is the issue: with Mac 26 Tahoe, the app crashes very badly at start. No way I can launch it.<br />
<br />
Went onto the Jriver forum, which is the only way to get help. Wrote my problem. A guy who says is admin but is not working for jriver gave me a stupid advice, which did not work. So I posted my crash log. That was over a week ago.<br />
<br />
And then silent, no one cares about my problem.<br />
<br />
Jriver, they just are so bad.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Further tidying the "booklet pdf" feature]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7648</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 09:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I wonder if somebody can help me - I am not the brightest bunny when it comes to coding.....<br />
But, with the help of Stefano and Simbun I have installed this feature on my system, and it looks brilliant.<br />
This has been recently discussed again on the the thread "The control app thread" as Lumin has introduced this compatibility.  It seems to be the answer to a number of prayers.  Well done all concerned, including of course Simon for making the feature..<br />
But, being retired I have the time to try to squeeze the last drops of juice from this feature.  So inevitably, a couple of questions...<br />
1)  The way I want to incorporate this feature is not to have to compile a lot of text for each album, but inside each album's directory I will place a file with the following information:<br />
--------------------------------------------------<br />
Abderrahamane Abdelli<br />
<br />
Wiki<br />
<a href="https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abderrahmane_Abdelli" target="_blank">https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abderrahmane_Abdelli</a><br />
<br />
Discogs<br />
<a href="https://www.discogs.com/search?q=Abderrahamane+Abdelli&amp;type=all" target="_blank">https://www.discogs.com/search?q=Abderra...i&type=all</a><br />
<br />
--------------------------------------------------<br />
So each booklet file will contain information on the artist, not the actual CD.  To an amateur musicologist I can find out all about him, and his other releases, as well as all manner information about the recording.<br />
<br />
Now this works fine, and when I press the booklet.pdf option in the metadata list, it opens as above with live links to Wiki and Discogs.  The only problem is that on first pressing, all I get is a repeat showing of my booklet file.  The address shown is the one of my Melco (NAS) in my network.  I have to press a link a second time to access the www and Wiki.<br />
<br />
Is there a simple way to write in the address in the booklet file so that I go there on first pressing.  Not a big issue, but cherry on the cake.<br />
<br />
2)  Another little feature, which I suspect may not be easily possible is to change the coding a little bit so that the booklet file resides in the artist directory and not the CD subdirectory.  This would mean that I have only to put in my booklet file in once, and not tuck it is every CD directory when the artist has a number of recordings.<br />
<br />
Any ideas gratefully received.  I hope my stumbling ignorance may be of interest to others who are tempted to "have a go".<br />
<br />
Thanks    Donuk    Sunny Downtown York]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I wonder if somebody can help me - I am not the brightest bunny when it comes to coding.....<br />
But, with the help of Stefano and Simbun I have installed this feature on my system, and it looks brilliant.<br />
This has been recently discussed again on the the thread "The control app thread" as Lumin has introduced this compatibility.  It seems to be the answer to a number of prayers.  Well done all concerned, including of course Simon for making the feature..<br />
But, being retired I have the time to try to squeeze the last drops of juice from this feature.  So inevitably, a couple of questions...<br />
1)  The way I want to incorporate this feature is not to have to compile a lot of text for each album, but inside each album's directory I will place a file with the following information:<br />
--------------------------------------------------<br />
Abderrahamane Abdelli<br />
<br />
Wiki<br />
<a href="https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abderrahmane_Abdelli" target="_blank">https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abderrahmane_Abdelli</a><br />
<br />
Discogs<br />
<a href="https://www.discogs.com/search?q=Abderrahamane+Abdelli&amp;type=all" target="_blank">https://www.discogs.com/search?q=Abderra...i&type=all</a><br />
<br />
--------------------------------------------------<br />
So each booklet file will contain information on the artist, not the actual CD.  To an amateur musicologist I can find out all about him, and his other releases, as well as all manner information about the recording.<br />
<br />
Now this works fine, and when I press the booklet.pdf option in the metadata list, it opens as above with live links to Wiki and Discogs.  The only problem is that on first pressing, all I get is a repeat showing of my booklet file.  The address shown is the one of my Melco (NAS) in my network.  I have to press a link a second time to access the www and Wiki.<br />
<br />
Is there a simple way to write in the address in the booklet file so that I go there on first pressing.  Not a big issue, but cherry on the cake.<br />
<br />
2)  Another little feature, which I suspect may not be easily possible is to change the coding a little bit so that the booklet file resides in the artist directory and not the CD subdirectory.  This would mean that I have only to put in my booklet file in once, and not tuck it is every CD directory when the artist has a number of recordings.<br />
<br />
Any ideas gratefully received.  I hope my stumbling ignorance may be of interest to others who are tempted to "have a go".<br />
<br />
Thanks    Donuk    Sunny Downtown York]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[MinimServer/Lumin app]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7612</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Can anyone help with MinimServer and Lumin music app.<br />
I am completely lost.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Can anyone help with MinimServer and Lumin music app.<br />
I am completely lost.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Melco and DELA]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7574</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2025 19:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Prior to 1 July 2025, Melco music library devices were sold in non-Japan markets only and DELA music library devices were sold in Japan only.<br />
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From 1 July 2025, the N1 and N5 music library devices and some other products previously branded as Melco (for example, switches) will be sold under the DELA brand in all markets (Japan and non-Japan). For more information about this brand change, see the <a href="https://dela.global" target="_blank">DELA home page</a>.<br />
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This change in brand name does not affect how MinimServer supports the N1 and N5 and does not change how MinimServer supports other Melco and DELA music library devices.<br />
<br />
I have updated the  Melco-related pages on the MinimServer website to reflect this change.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Prior to 1 July 2025, Melco music library devices were sold in non-Japan markets only and DELA music library devices were sold in Japan only.<br />
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From 1 July 2025, the N1 and N5 music library devices and some other products previously branded as Melco (for example, switches) will be sold under the DELA brand in all markets (Japan and non-Japan). For more information about this brand change, see the <a href="https://dela.global" target="_blank">DELA home page</a>.<br />
<br />
This change in brand name does not affect how MinimServer supports the N1 and N5 and does not change how MinimServer supports other Melco and DELA music library devices.<br />
<br />
I have updated the  Melco-related pages on the MinimServer website to reflect this change.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Minimserver - PC Based Setup]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7531</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2025 17:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I’ve been using Minimserver for a few years now with a Linn-based system and a NAS.  I’m now trying to help my son set up his system.  He has his music library on his PC hard drive.  He has a sound card (a SSL 2).  That’s all he has at the moment.  My problem is that I don’t really know that much (especially about what’s under the hood).<br />
<br />
At present, he browses his file library manually using Windows Explorer and listens to the music through headphones plugged into the sound card.  There has to be a better way to browse, find music, etcetera.  But his budget is somewhat limited.<br />
<br />
I did look at Foobar (which I remember working with Minimserver some years ago).  But the UPNP plug in for Foobar doesn’t seem to work with the latest Foobar program. <br />
<br />
So what is the most economic option for getting him set up using MinimServer?  Does he need a streaming box (like the Wiim Pro)?  Does he need a NAS?  What’s the best way forward for him?<br />
<br />
Thanks in anticipation of your assistance.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I’ve been using Minimserver for a few years now with a Linn-based system and a NAS.  I’m now trying to help my son set up his system.  He has his music library on his PC hard drive.  He has a sound card (a SSL 2).  That’s all he has at the moment.  My problem is that I don’t really know that much (especially about what’s under the hood).<br />
<br />
At present, he browses his file library manually using Windows Explorer and listens to the music through headphones plugged into the sound card.  There has to be a better way to browse, find music, etcetera.  But his budget is somewhat limited.<br />
<br />
I did look at Foobar (which I remember working with Minimserver some years ago).  But the UPNP plug in for Foobar doesn’t seem to work with the latest Foobar program. <br />
<br />
So what is the most economic option for getting him set up using MinimServer?  Does he need a streaming box (like the Wiim Pro)?  Does he need a NAS?  What’s the best way forward for him?<br />
<br />
Thanks in anticipation of your assistance.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Unable to play 16-bit 44.1KHz music files on my NAS]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7474</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Unable to play 16-bit 44.1KHz AIFF music files on my NAS<br />
<br />
I use JPlay iOS with MinimServer and MinimStreamer + a Synology NAS.<br />
The music comes to an Angstrom ZDA71 Streamer/DAC.<br />
I installed ffmpeg4.<br />
<br />
Everything works perfectly with Qobuz or DSD and HighRes files that are on my NAS. But it's impossible to read simple 16-bit/44.1KHz CD albums...! Playback starts but no sound...<br />
<br />
Help!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Unable to play 16-bit 44.1KHz AIFF music files on my NAS<br />
<br />
I use JPlay iOS with MinimServer and MinimStreamer + a Synology NAS.<br />
The music comes to an Angstrom ZDA71 Streamer/DAC.<br />
I installed ffmpeg4.<br />
<br />
Everything works perfectly with Qobuz or DSD and HighRes files that are on my NAS. But it's impossible to read simple 16-bit/44.1KHz CD albums...! Playback starts but no sound...<br />
<br />
Help!]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[The VPN thread...]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7459</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Although it is wise to use a non-free VPN these days, they can be a mixed blessing.<br />
<br />
Sometimes I cannot get into this forum without switching it off.  By the time I have alerted the Boss here, its address has changed again, and all is well.<br />
<br />
Sometimes it is better when making ethernet changes (e.g. reconfiguring the router) to switch with the VPN off..  Also iPlayer can be moody, as can the ITV equivalent.  I understand they learn the addresses of the servers placed abroad and firewall them to prevent foreigners (those who do not have a VPN with a UK server) watching Death in Paradise....<br />
<br />
But Radio Garden Works only from abroad.  A great app.<br />
<br />
What do other folk do?<br />
<br />
One security tip, that I pass on from an expert, is to have several different Browsers installed on your computer.  For example use Safari for general Googling and Facebook.  Use something like Brave Browser to contact your banks, and Firefox to watch iPlayer.<br />
<br />
Good afternoon from sunny downtown York<br />
<br />
Donuk]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Although it is wise to use a non-free VPN these days, they can be a mixed blessing.<br />
<br />
Sometimes I cannot get into this forum without switching it off.  By the time I have alerted the Boss here, its address has changed again, and all is well.<br />
<br />
Sometimes it is better when making ethernet changes (e.g. reconfiguring the router) to switch with the VPN off..  Also iPlayer can be moody, as can the ITV equivalent.  I understand they learn the addresses of the servers placed abroad and firewall them to prevent foreigners (those who do not have a VPN with a UK server) watching Death in Paradise....<br />
<br />
But Radio Garden Works only from abroad.  A great app.<br />
<br />
What do other folk do?<br />
<br />
One security tip, that I pass on from an expert, is to have several different Browsers installed on your computer.  For example use Safari for general Googling and Facebook.  Use something like Brave Browser to contact your banks, and Firefox to watch iPlayer.<br />
<br />
Good afternoon from sunny downtown York<br />
<br />
Donuk]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Which Renderer/Player-SW for DietPi?]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7407</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2024 15:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I have a Melco with MinimServer at home and listen in the living room with my Linn Klimax DSM. <br />
<br />
In my study I also want to access the Melco/Minimserver library and listen on an RPI/Audiophonics (I use active speakers). I have tried various distributions and have now come up with DietPi, which seems to me to be the most universal.<br />
<br />
Question: which renderer/player software have you installed on the RPi under DietPi?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I have a Melco with MinimServer at home and listen in the living room with my Linn Klimax DSM. <br />
<br />
In my study I also want to access the Melco/Minimserver library and listen on an RPI/Audiophonics (I use active speakers). I have tried various distributions and have now come up with DietPi, which seems to me to be the most universal.<br />
<br />
Question: which renderer/player software have you installed on the RPi under DietPi?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[MinimServer and endpoint on different subnet]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7383</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I have 2 apartments that are connected via 2 Fritzboxes. Unfortunately, in my case I have to assign 2 subnets:<br />
<br />
#1: 192.168.178.0 (MinimServer on Melco, Linn Exakt DSM, foobar2000 on iPhone) and<br />
#2: 192.168.200.0 (AUDIOPHONICS I-Sabre DAC ES9028Q2M RPi 3)<br />
<br />
Volumio is installed on the RPi and I was hoping that I can assign MinimServer via IP address like I did with foobar2000 no matter where I am. Unfortunately Volumio can only operate on the local network - at least how I understand the guide.<br />
<br />
Anyone having a solution how I can bring the RPi to work using MinimServer?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I have 2 apartments that are connected via 2 Fritzboxes. Unfortunately, in my case I have to assign 2 subnets:<br />
<br />
#1: 192.168.178.0 (MinimServer on Melco, Linn Exakt DSM, foobar2000 on iPhone) and<br />
#2: 192.168.200.0 (AUDIOPHONICS I-Sabre DAC ES9028Q2M RPi 3)<br />
<br />
Volumio is installed on the RPi and I was hoping that I can assign MinimServer via IP address like I did with foobar2000 no matter where I am. Unfortunately Volumio can only operate on the local network - at least how I understand the guide.<br />
<br />
Anyone having a solution how I can bring the RPi to work using MinimServer?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[BBC Radio 3 Unwind]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7380</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2024 18:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi folks,<br />
<br />
BBC Radio 3 Unwind is a 24/7 digital stream launched on November 4, 2024, on BBC Sounds. I gather that it streams at an adaptive bitrate ranging from 48 to 96 kbps in AAC+ format, which to audiophiles makes it equivalent to a pixelated 16bit game in a hi-def 64bit world. <br />
<br />
It's only available in via BBC Sounds on one's phone (and I presume also via supported smart speakers). There appear to be no plans to make it available to non-tracked digital stream providers. This seems inline with the Sounds team's fixation on collecting listening data.<br />
<br />
I was wondering, is anyone listening to it? What are your thoughts?<br />
<br />
Thanks.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi folks,<br />
<br />
BBC Radio 3 Unwind is a 24/7 digital stream launched on November 4, 2024, on BBC Sounds. I gather that it streams at an adaptive bitrate ranging from 48 to 96 kbps in AAC+ format, which to audiophiles makes it equivalent to a pixelated 16bit game in a hi-def 64bit world. <br />
<br />
It's only available in via BBC Sounds on one's phone (and I presume also via supported smart speakers). There appear to be no plans to make it available to non-tracked digital stream providers. This seems inline with the Sounds team's fixation on collecting listening data.<br />
<br />
I was wondering, is anyone listening to it? What are your thoughts?<br />
<br />
Thanks.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[A boring problem]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7280</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 20:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi friends<br />
<br />
since a few weeks, the same problem happens.<br />
<br />
I switch on my Klimax. <br />
<br />
And then it takes between 10 to 15 minutes before<br />
<br />
- the klimax is recognized<br />
- it plays music<br />
<br />
What can be the issue? How come it used to be switched on instantaneously, and now I need to wait 10-15 minutes before being able to play my music.<br />
<br />
For info:<br />
 <br />
1) the klimax has its IP adrdess, so not a network issue <br />
2) I have a yamaha network player which is playing without issue, so not an issue with my router<br />
<br />
How can I debug this ?<br />
<br />
(One more reason to say than UPnP is a rubish protocol)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi friends<br />
<br />
since a few weeks, the same problem happens.<br />
<br />
I switch on my Klimax. <br />
<br />
And then it takes between 10 to 15 minutes before<br />
<br />
- the klimax is recognized<br />
- it plays music<br />
<br />
What can be the issue? How come it used to be switched on instantaneously, and now I need to wait 10-15 minutes before being able to play my music.<br />
<br />
For info:<br />
 <br />
1) the klimax has its IP adrdess, so not a network issue <br />
2) I have a yamaha network player which is playing without issue, so not an issue with my router<br />
<br />
How can I debug this ?<br />
<br />
(One more reason to say than UPnP is a rubish protocol)]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Review AudioPhool music server - with MinimServer]]></title>
			<link>https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7135</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2024 18:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I deployed an AudioPhool Music Server 2.1 last month - it is MinimServer/MinimStreamer capable.<br />
<br />
Review is on:<br />
<a href="https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/mini-review-audiophool-music-server-2-1" target="_blank">https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/m...server-2-1</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I deployed an AudioPhool Music Server 2.1 last month - it is MinimServer/MinimStreamer capable.<br />
<br />
Review is on:<br />
<a href="https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/mini-review-audiophool-music-server-2-1" target="_blank">https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/m...server-2-1</a>]]></content:encoded>
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