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TopDownDriver:
Does JRiver Android run on the nVidia Shield?
It is attached to a Windows network. Will I have any issues with having it find the Music Library which sits on a NAS on the network?
Can the Android version share the library to a Windows PC running also on the network or remote via the Internet?
Will it output high-resolution audio over HDMI - 192k Flac?
Will it output multichannel audio over HDMI - Multichannel Flac files?
Thanks
(I'm either going to purchase an Android license and move my library to the Shield or have to invest in a small form-factor silent Windows 11 PC.)
BradATIMA:
Yes, JRiver for Android runs on the nVidia Shield. It is capable of loading a library server, but at the moment, it cannot import from network storage. This is a planned implementation, however. It can share its library with other Media Center clients.
As for the output over HDMI, I am not sure at this time. There hasn't been much testing on hi-res files or multichannel files.
GreggP:
I have v30.0.57 of JRiver for Android installed on my NVIDIA Shield and it no longer works like it did with previous versions.
I can load a library from the PC that is set up as a library server ("Library loaded successfully"), but when I try to play music it sounds awful - everything is very garbled. I can only play something by choosing an artist/album directly. I can't play anything from a smartlist playlist. After briefly showing the playlist results, beginning with Play All, followed by the tracks, the screen goes gray and the text 'Audio' is displayed in the upper right corner. No sound. And if something was playing (again, garbled sounding) the audio output stops.
JimH:
What file types? The sound problem may be the Shield's. I was using a Shield yesterday without problems.
GreggP:
FLAC and mp3. They all sound bad.
Everything else running from my Shield sounds fine. All streaming apps, like Netfix, Hulu, etc., sound good. So I tried installing a similar app in functionality as JRiver - Kodi. I installed Kodi and imported a variety of files - mp3, FLAC, DSD, etc., and all played just fine. The only app that sounds bad is JRiver. In fact Kodi seems pretty nice but I doubt it can work with shared libraries like JRiver Media Center. Also, I hate giving up all of MC's advanced smart playlist capabilities because I use them a lot.
Last night I noticed an update for JRiver for Android was available so I downloaded and installed it but didn't test it until today. The new update wouldn't load my library. I decided to uninstall and try re-installing from scratch. Same problem. After choosing my library, the "Loading" progress swirl just runs. It doesn't load my library.
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