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Music Player
Use with Windows, Apple Mac, Linux
The Music Player allows you to play audio
fi
les which are stored on a
computer on your network.
In order to play
fi
les from a computer on your network, your radio must
connect to a
fi
le server program on your computer which uses the Universal
Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol (often known as DLNA). If your computer
uses Windows 7, 8 or Windows 10 then your computer already has a
UPnP server program available. This is Windows Media Player (version
12), andit can share your audio
fi
les with your radio. It allows you to select
fi
les by Album, Artist, and so on using your radio's controls. Throughout this
section, where Windows 8 is mentioned, this also includes Windows 8.1.
Windows Media Player can serve MP3, WMA, AAC and WAV
fi
les to your
radio (and FLAC from Windows 10). If you are an Apple Mac or Linux user,
or if you have your audio
fi
les stored in other formats, such as FLAC, there
are other UPnP server programs which you may use with your radio. Note
that Apple computers do not support UPnP streaming natively and that
Apple does not license their own equivalent streaming protocol (DAAP)
to third parties.
The Music Player on the radio can playback audio
fi
les in MP3, WMA,
AAC, ALAC, FLAC and WAV formats. WMA Lossless
fi
les can also be
played when using Windows Media Player as the UPnP server. Note that
the playback of
fi
les encoded using WMA Voice, WMA 10 Professional,
and of
fi
les which have DRM protection is not supported by the radio.
When using a UPnP server, the search and selection criteria are determined
by the server software, not by the radio, but typically include searching
by Artist, Album and Genre. Many server applications also allow you to
access your
fi
les according to the folders within which they are stored as
well as other criteria. Windows Media Player is less
fl
exible than some
other UPnP servers in this regard, but is generally easier to set up.
Many UPnP server applications are also capable of sharing pictures and
video
fi
les to other network connected devices. If this is the case (as it is
with Windows Media Player) you may see the option of choosing between
'Music', 'Video' and 'Pictures' on the Music Player's menu. Clearly you
should only select the 'Music' option. Content offered via the alternative
options will not be playable on your radio.
Some third party server applications allow customisation of the search
criteria and indexing methods. This can be useful if you have a very large
collection of stored music
fi
les.
Here is a short selection of alternative UPnP server programs, although
many others are available:
AssetUPnP (Windows) * **
Mezzmo (Windows) *
MediaTomb (Linux, Mac OS X) *
Serviio (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X) *
TVersity (Windows) *
Twonky Media Server (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux) *
* = free of charge or trial versions with limited functionality are available
at the time of writing. ** = other platforms in development.
Please refer to the documentation for your chosen server program for full
details of its con
fi
guration and usage. Some Network Attached Storage
(NAS) devices and some routers include UPnP/DLNA server software.
