Ndx + alac...

Posted by: ash on 29 April 2011

... Not possible, right? As in streaming from iTunes? (I know about iPods)

Posted on: 30 April 2011 by Rich27

Not possible but dead simple to batch convert your alacs to aiffs! Only downside is they take up about a third more storage space but if you are thinking of an ndx you will want to consider a nas for storage.

Posted on: 30 April 2011 by ash

Thanks Rich. Do you know if ndac can read aiffs from usb sticks? Or from iPods, for that matter?

Posted on: 30 April 2011 by totemphile

No, only WAV & FLAC from USB for now.

Posted on: 30 April 2011 by LeeTom

Actually... possible, by installing a UPnP server on your computer that does transcoding from ALAC to WAV.

If you use Mac OS X, EyeConnect by Elgato will do the trick. It's free for audio-only use (after the 30 day full trial it will go into audio-only mode). Installed as-is without any setup, it is ready to stream to a Naim UPnP device from your iTunes library.

If you use Windows, I'm not as familiar with the UPnP servers with transcoders available, but I'm sure others can chime in. A forum search along those lines may help, as I'm sure they've been mentioned before.