how does one send audio to a zone group.
You need to set up
Zone Switch rules. Search the forum for that.
NOTE: I don't personally use
Zone Link or
Zone Group myself, but I definitely use
Zones/Zone Switch, which are rather awesome tools. You just have to be patient until you get the hang of implementing the Switch rules correctly (rule order can be vital).
I was hoping that someone had a link to some official JRiver documentation on the feature. I am unable to find any.
The wiki for zones is:
https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Zones, which is why I linked to the threads in my previous post. If you read through them from beginning to end, especially the 1st link, I think it is reasonably clear.
My take from what I read is:
- Zone Link: MC plays all linked zones simultaneously (depending on your zone switch rules, they may be unique playlists or the same playlist)
- Zone Group: Each zone assigned to the group will have the identical playlist (normally playlists are unique to each zone) and each zone can be played one at a time (unlike Zone Link). It seems to me that zone switch rules could conflict with this behavior, and I have no idea how MC deals with that.
In any event, that is my understanding of the difference. If I've got it wrong, hopefully a zone expert will weigh in and provide better information.
