Hello Arindelle, we are doing well, even if there is some mistery ....
Just, sorry, if both JRiver 18 and JRiver 20 are on the assetnas, I don't understand why I cannot configure JRiver 20 as I have the JRiver 18, with wasapi and all the audio setup configurable.
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For me this is better because as you said the playback stuff like volume is controlled directly by Linn.
Ok I'll try to explain it once again
, but you must read and understand the link in Computeraudiophile this time
1) JRiver is not meant to be installed on a NAS; you or someone else did that anyway
2) You bought a Network Player for some big money; now you want to use it just as a DAC or maybe also for the internet streaming services - there are no digital inputs, only ethernet
3) I think you are confusing a media server with your NAS - you are trying to make it both which JRiver is not designed to do.
4) The config I gave you is to use JRiver as a controller and media server; the Linn is treated as a DLNA device; Not knowing all about the LINN the DS, it seems to allow you either to use it as a renderer, media server and/or controller (via Kinsky etc) or any combination of the above.
5) for a upnp/DLNA system such as the one referred to above in the CA article, the JRiver install (using JR as media server) is on a PC (or multiple PCs if running clients) -- there is no need, nor is it designed for, to install JRiver on the NAS - at all
Be that as it may, the Linn is topnotch gear. At the beggining you told me that it sounded bad going through JRiver ... one obvious reason is that the only sound device (you could find at least) was Direct sound. This is probably guaranteeing the bad sound quality as it is coming directly off the motherboard which is exactly what you use JRiver and other fancy gadget to avoid. However even this doesn't totally make sense because the NAS via ethernet can't be a renderer anyways??!!
Therefore, donc, allora .... The mystery is not why you can't configure 20 like version 18, but rather how version 18 ran on a server to begin with!
My theory, or blind guess rather, is that because it is a Windows server, JRiver can be installed (I imagine, there is some functionality limitations). Was it running in media server mode or was it running the media server from the illustrate people? Assetupnp from Illustrate is a media server deigned to run on a NAS, maybe you should ask them about this.
I can see why you would want to have the media server running off of the NAS (lots of people have been asking for this for years, btw). What I would do is I would try to install JRiver20 in exactly the same way you did 18. No reason why you can't - if you did it once, you should be able to do it again. The options are in different places thats all. You will still have crap for sound, and dependance on Kinsky probably ... Then I would comb this and other forums to find people that knwo Windows server platforms. If there is direct sound, why not other outputs -- maybe its hardwzare related; maybe you need to learn the server software; maybe this has nothing to do with this.
BUT, to have a DS and a SEKRIT its is silly to have spent this investment for
bad sound just to have the convenience of listening to music in every room without a second PC running. my humble opinion of course. At least the DLNA setup you will have good sound, most of the functionality of JRiver, and the volume leveling and intial start-up volume protection you requested
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=81175.0 JRiver on Windows 2012 Server Core Edition
« on: June 06, 2013, 05:43:32 pm »
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Hi,
Can I run JRiver on Windows 2012 Server Core Edition?
It seems I can't install JRiver on it, but if I install it on Windows 2012 Server GUI Edition, and then remove the GUI, I can use it as /MediaServer on Core?
Matt - [my note ==>head dev of JRiver]: Sorry, but I'm not sure.
You may be the trailblazer for this one.
SO be the trailblazer. You will become the expert on this
In the meantime, at least running it in DLNA configuration you will have good quality music, volume leveling, and your system will be protected from volume at startup.
At any rate, this is way beyond my purview and certainly beyond my expertise - please start a new thread if you want help on windows server information or network help as this is now more of a third party software/network hardware topic than about JRiver configuration.