Streaming NAS to ND5XS problem

Posted by: Ken Ploegaerts on 18 May 2014

As I do not have Apple-stuff, I can't use the n-stream-app yet.

I tried installing the kinsky app. Problem is, when I make a play-list, I can only play the song I selected. If that song ends it doesn't play the next song in the list. Even if I click on the 'next'-button it stops playing.

Is there any other software I can install on my laptop to play my music?

Posted on: 18 May 2014 by sjbabbey

JRiver Media Centre 19. it's not free but you can try their trial version for free.

Posted on: 19 May 2014 by Reinibert

You also can use foobar2000. It have an upnp-plugin to play songs to your upnp-clients like the ND5XS. http://www.foobar2000.org

Or you use the bubble upnp server as a "proxy" between kinsky and the ND5XS. http://www.bubblesoftapps.com/bubbleupnpserver/

Posted on: 19 May 2014 by mutterback

Do you have a separate NAS, or are you running everything from your laptop?

Either way, I think JRiver is by far the best option. It can work both as a control point (controlling what's playing from an NAS/separate UPNP server) or as a control point + a UPNP server all on your laptop.

There's a million options, but once you get it set up, it works great. Can also do internet radio, podcasts, etc though not yet spotify. And it rips CDs.

Posted on: 19 May 2014 by sjbabbey

Yes, JRiver is highly configurable and can transcode from FLAC to WAV plus it can convert DSD iso files to PCM on the fly.

Posted on: 19 May 2014 by Ken Ploegaerts

Originally Posted by mutterback:

Do you have a separate NAS, or are you running everything from your laptop?

There's a million options, but once you get it set up, it works great. Can also do internet radio, podcasts, etc though not yet spotify. And it rips CDs.

I do have a NAS (Synology DS214se).

I'll try Jriver, Thanx for the intel.