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Networks and Remotes => Media Network => Topic started by: mike_power on January 08, 2020, 05:51:03 pm
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Dear Forum,
I live in an apartment which has an internal WIFI network and the Yamaha wireless "musiccast" system which includes a musiccast android app. This app seems to deliver good sound quality. I use JRiver windows version as my DLNA music and Video server. I have downloaded the "Gizmo" android app hoping to use this as a replacement to the yamaha app which does not have keyword search. I have "HTTP Live Streaming" engaged in Gizmo and the highest audio [320kps] and video [720p] options engaged. Am I compromising quality by using Gizmo and JRiver's wider internet method as the streaming route? Should I be applying some other setting within JRiver, some other JRiver android app or a completely independent 3rd party app?? Sound and picture quality are most important to me, particularly given I also have a large high fidelity music library.
Many thanks forum,
Kind Regards,
Michael power.
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Michael, if quality is what you're after, then you should try JRemote2 (https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,123223.0.html) for Android. It can stream from your MC Server without transcoding.
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Well, right now JRemote2's native audio format setting only supports FLAC, MP3 and AAC in a M4A container. Anything else will be transcoded.
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If you are using DLNA then it doesn't matter what the app supports. But make sure you have MC configured to send high quality to your DLNA renderer. I think the default setting transcodes to mp3. Change it to Original
Tools | Media Network | Add or Configure DLNA servers | Audio - Mode: Original