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UPnP /OpenHome Player and Audio Library Server
The PlayPoint DM supports the public UPnP/OpenHome audio streaming standards. It can be used as a
player (also called renderer or audio endpoint). When a USB drive is attached to the PlayPoint DM, it
becomes a UPnP audio library server. Playback can be controlled remotely with an app from an iPad,
iPhone, Android device, PC or Mac. Popular control apps include Bubble UPnP on Android and Lumin,
Kazoo, MconnectHD, PlugPlayer and others on iPad and iPhone.
Media files can also be stored on a Network Attached Storage (NAS), PC, Mac or Linux computer. All
network file server options require the use of third-party audio library software like MinimServer, Asset
UPnP or Twonky. You will need a fast and stable Gigabit Ethernet network or top-performance tri-band
802.11ac wireless router.
There are many other third-party UPnP /OpenHome control apps and library servers. The ones listed
here are tested with the PlayPoint DM and support all high-resolution formats and sampling rates up to
DSD256.
Step-by-step guide for configuring the exaSound PlayPoint for use with UPnP/OpenHome
is
available on our blog.
Network Audio Adapter for HQPlayer
The exaSound PlayPoint DM supports Network Audio Adapter (NAA) protocol for network audio
streaming with HQPlayer. The
Signalyst HQPlayer
offers advanced upsampling and PCM to DSD
conversion algorithms. Follow the
Step-by-step guide for configuring the exaSound PlayPoint for use
with
HQPlayer
.
AirPlay Player
AirPlay is a popular and convenient network media streaming technology. AirPlay can be used to stream
content from online services like Tidal to the PlayPoint DM.
AirPlay support is implemented with ShairPort, an open-source emulator for Airplay. Since this is not an
official Airplay implementation, reliability may vary. Note that the AirPlay protocol has some limitations
compared to the other network streaming standards used by the PlayPoint DM. It supports CD-quality
audio. DSD and high-sampling rate/high-resolution PCM are not supported.
Playing Music from SPDIF Sources
The PlayPoint DM makes it possible to enjoy greatly improved level of sonic clarity and fidelity from
SPDIF sources. The sonic improvement is the result of the outstanding jitter cancelling capability, superb
signal to noise ratio, and low distortion levels of the PlayPoint DM. You can connect up to two SPDIF
devices, such as disk players and wireless music servers. Use the
Input
buttons on the device front
panel to switch between
LAN
digital streamer mode, Coaxial
SPDIF
and
Optical
Toslink inputs.