UPnP Servers for Mac OS X - NaimUniti Compatibility
Posted by: David Dever on 26 May 2009
We recently received our first two demo NaimUniti units at the ASL Brickyard, and I managed to sneak one into the boot of the car.
The NaimUniti is happily powering a pair of passive DBLs on a wired network (though the wireless setup at the office was a dawdle)
Music is streamed from my MacBook 13" laptop, from my iTunes Music library, subject to the following caveats:
1. NaimUniti file rendering is presently limited to 48 kHz sample rate (not a problem, as many DVD-A discs, for example, possess 48 kHz / 24-bit stereo mixes)
2. NaimUniti cannot render Apple Lossless files directly, but, in conjunction with Elgato's EyeConnect software, one can queue files for real-time transcoding to WAV over the network (NaimUniti acts as UPnP player here, with track selection and control from its front panel, including track metadata on the front display)
3. PlugPlayer app for iPhone / iPod touch works well, provided you do not attempt to queue Apple Lossless files to the NaimUniti. The combination of PlugPlayer as a UPnP controller with Allegro Media Server works quite well, though, and, barring the Apple Lossless playback requirement, one could live quite happily with this (NaimUniti acts as UPnP renderer here, with PlugPlayer on iPhone acting as UPnP controller, however, this arrangement does NOT pass track metadata to the NaimUniti's front panel display).
Copied untagged WAV files from NS01 into iTunes Music Library; playlists from iTunes show up on the NaimUniti from both server applications.
It's a bit more geeky than the NaimNet or HDX approach (my opinion only), but given the price difference...well, what do you expect? Two totally different approached to streaming technologies.
More as I have an opportunity to get familiar with the unit...quite impressed.
The NaimUniti is happily powering a pair of passive DBLs on a wired network (though the wireless setup at the office was a dawdle)
Music is streamed from my MacBook 13" laptop, from my iTunes Music library, subject to the following caveats:
1. NaimUniti file rendering is presently limited to 48 kHz sample rate (not a problem, as many DVD-A discs, for example, possess 48 kHz / 24-bit stereo mixes)
2. NaimUniti cannot render Apple Lossless files directly, but, in conjunction with Elgato's EyeConnect software, one can queue files for real-time transcoding to WAV over the network (NaimUniti acts as UPnP player here, with track selection and control from its front panel, including track metadata on the front display)
3. PlugPlayer app for iPhone / iPod touch works well, provided you do not attempt to queue Apple Lossless files to the NaimUniti. The combination of PlugPlayer as a UPnP controller with Allegro Media Server works quite well, though, and, barring the Apple Lossless playback requirement, one could live quite happily with this (NaimUniti acts as UPnP renderer here, with PlugPlayer on iPhone acting as UPnP controller, however, this arrangement does NOT pass track metadata to the NaimUniti's front panel display).
Copied untagged WAV files from NS01 into iTunes Music Library; playlists from iTunes show up on the NaimUniti from both server applications.
It's a bit more geeky than the NaimNet or HDX approach (my opinion only), but given the price difference...well, what do you expect? Two totally different approached to streaming technologies.
More as I have an opportunity to get familiar with the unit...quite impressed.
quote:Originally posted by garyi:
....the ever shit BT homehub...
Laughed milk out of my nose
.Thanks for the help..
I have disconnected the wire from Uniti so as now working wireless it finds my mac and eyeconnect very quickly... don't know what was the problem though...
Have tried plugplayer from my iphone as well and it seems to work... only plays one song not the entire playlist though; and once it blocked my network connection of uniti.
I have disconnected the wire from Uniti so as now working wireless it finds my mac and eyeconnect very quickly... don't know what was the problem though...
Have tried plugplayer from my iphone as well and it seems to work... only plays one song not the entire playlist though; and once it blocked my network connection of uniti.