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UPnP /OpenHome Player and Audio Library Server
The PlayPoint Mark II 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
Mark II, it also 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
805.11AC wireless router.
There are many other third-party UPnP /OpenHome control apps and library servers. The ones listed
here are tested with the PlayPoint Mark II and support all high-resolution formats, resolutions and
sampling rates up to DSD512 for stereo and DSD256 for multichannel sources.
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 Mark II 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 Mark II.
AirPlay support is implemented with ShairPort, an open-source Linux 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 Mark II. It
supports stereo CD-quality audio. DSD and high-sampling rate/high-resolution PCM are not supported.
MPD Player
PlayPoint Mark II has a built-in MPD player. Music files must be stored on attached USB drive. Playback
can be controlled with any MPD client, like the MPaD / MPoD apps for iPad and iPhone available on the
Apple iTunes store. This mode of operation supports all PCM formats and native DSD at all sampling
rates, resolutions and number of channels.
Step-by-step guide for configuring the exaSound PlayPoint
for use with MPaD and MPoD
is available on our blog.
