Minimserver not visible and transcoding/playback "on the fly" for Naim Unitiserve-SSD

[simoncn]

(30-08-2017 10:21)Stannas Wrote:  Hi Simon

On step 1, I get an error message if trying to link to a NAS folder via Minimserver as content-the software is on my laptop. What is the reason for this please-I will have to try using a content location on my laptop?

I explained this in my previous post, but the text was quoted incorrectly (apologies) so I will repeat it here.

If the NAS shared folder that you want to access is visible as a shared folder in the Network section of Windows Explorer, you can use the syntax \\shared-folder-name\subfolder-name in the MinimServer contentDir property. If not, you can mount the NAS shared folder as a Windows drive letter using the command 'net use x: \\ip-address\shared-folder-name'.

If neither of these options is working for you, I suggest you use a location on your laptop for the experiment.

Quote:On step 3, are any common music players like Windows Media or Google's music player a UPnP renderer-if not, can you please suggest any commonly used free downloads and I will try these?

Kind regards

Stephen

Windows Media Player won't work for you because it doesn't play FLAC files. I haven't used the Google music player but from a quick web search it doesn't appear to be able to act as a UPnP renderer.

I suggested two free options for a UPnP renderer (foobar2000 and ohPlayer) in my previous post. Of these, foobar2000 is the more widely used.