Hi Speeddeacon and others looking for info on jRiver setup,
1. Go to the jRiver Tutorial for the PC Thread the directions for setup are there. You might want to read the thread it has lots of how to dos.
Otherwise go to Media Network
Options
Check Use Media Network to Share this library and enable DLNA.
That is the place to start.
Let me know if you have more questions.
Steven B-)
OK I thought I had everything configured properly but I'm not connected via the bridge. It still only outputs via USB so obviously something is not configured properly. Is there something I'm missing that JRiver needs to output to the PWD over LAN instead of via the computers USB output or is there a setting in the J Remote software that needs configuring?
I have an ADL Esprit connect by USB and the PWD connected through my LAN. The USB shows up as the Player in JRiver and the PWD shows up as a separate device in JRiver once the unit is detected on the LAN. If the PWD is not showing up separately for you, then your problem is in the Network section of JRiver. It took me a couple of attempts before I got it right the first time. Each of these individual connections can be setup the same or separately in JRiver. I think most of us have saved the “Autiophile DAC” settings for the PWD LAN connections. Select the device (Player or PWD) and then modify their settings.
I think I have it now. I had not selected the PWD DAC as a zone, thus I was just playing from the J River player. I’m controlling it remotely from work so not there to see/hear if the PWD is indeed receiving it or not but I assume so for now. Thanks.
OK I’m home now and I am indeed connected via LAN to the bridge. J Remote is working, album cover is showing, etc. However, when I try to play a file the buffer loads (6 sec) then it goes back to zero and tries again. Then it skips to the next song and continues the same cycle. Obviously the buffer isn’t loading. I did a reboot of the PWD and J River to no avail. Any ideas?
Alekz, I feel like we're going in circles here, and it may just be semantics. But the UPnP devices I am aware of can be controlled by UPnP control points (or are UPnP Control points). Either servers, renderers, control points, or variations on those. The key is interaction.
For an example, see http://elinux.org/UPnP
From what I have read here, WaveStream is merely a driver that diverts a player's output to Ethernet. Indeed, you said earlier that IT isn't controlled remotely; that the player feeding it must to be controlled instead. That seems quite non-UPnP to me.
And that is the root of my apprehension: one has many fewer options for controlling a player remotely than for controlling a UPnP server. Most players are not designed for remote control; all UPnP servers are.
Regardless of that limitation, I intend to give WaveStream a try and see how I like it with Gizmo. If the Bridge with WaveStream is a substantial improvement over my current gapless UPnP stream receiver (the Simaudio MiND), I'll consider buying an iPad to run JRemote.
Alekz, I feel like we're going in circles here, and it may just be semantics. But the UPnP devices I am aware of can be controlled by UPnP control points (or are UPnP Control points). Either servers, renderers, control points, or variations on those. The key is interaction.
For an example, see http://elinux.org/UPnP
From what I have read here, WaveStream is merely a driver that diverts a player's output to Ethernet. Indeed, you said earlier that IT isn't controlled remotely; that the player feeding it must to be controlled instead. That seems quite non-UPnP to me.
And that is the root of my apprehension: one has many fewer options for controlling a player remotely than for controlling a UPnP server. Most players are not designed for remote control; all UPnP servers are.
Regardless of that limitation, I intend to give WaveStream a try and see how I like it with Gizmo. If the Bridge with WaveStream is a substantial improvement over my current gapless UPnP stream receiver (the Simaudio MiND), I'll consider buying an iPad to run JRemote.
Are you getting gapless with (the Simaudio MiND), ? To the Bridge?
UPnP is a protocol, it does not dictate the roles. One UPnP "device" can be the renderer, the control point and the UPnP server at the same time, but it is possible that it does not support any external controllers.
For example, JRiver can support UPnP Remote User Interface, but it plays files locally (in this case it's neither UPnP media renderer nor UPnP media server), the WaveStream intercepts the local audio stream and and acts as a UPnP Media Server. The Bridge is the Media Renderer in this case.
In the WaveStream GUI you can choose (locally! no RUI support!) which UPnP renderer you want to use.
@woot Yes, I get gapless playback using the MiND, which feeds the PWD-II via the AES/EBU input. I use several UPnP (DLNA) servers on my computer, as each has shortcomings. The main ones I use are MinimServer and JRiver’s own server. MinimServer also would run directly on a NAS.
I tried a bunch of streamers/servers with my PWD (Olive 03 and 04 HD, popcorn hour c300, Mac mini, netgear readynas, logitech squeezebox touch and Sonos ZP90).
The one that sounds great and works easiest of all is the one I use now: Sonos ZP90 with Wyred4Sound 92kHz mod.
Nothing is more user friendly and it sounds awesome!
I stream Jriver to the Bridge and plug my sp90 by coax to PWD for casual background music.
I have a “flac” folder and a “hiRez” folder on my ext drive and just point Sonos to flac. It never knows the hi-rez files are there so they cannot be selected by error.
I have quite a few Sonos playlists by mood genre and with JR I tend to listen to more complete albums.
My gapless albums are all in one file and wav so they perform as desired.
