Of course, it means that you need a PC on the network to run Jriver but I have one for Roon and Air anyway (not very patiently waiting for Melco to implement Roon is some for or other :-) ). I can't hear any difference between sending the files from Jriver or playing of the drives in the Melco so I can't see any downside so far. I'm using the library on my Synology but it also works fine with files on the Melco. With a bit of tweaking of settings, I now have the Melco controlled by Jriver and the Jremote app, streaming DSD and Flac files perfectly. Initially I couldn't see the Melco player (the library was visible) from Jriver but changing the control type for 1 to 0 on the Melco fixed that and I could see the player as well. Then, I remembered that Jriver has DLNA functionality so I started to play around with it. Except for Roon, the combination of Jriver and remote is the best music controller software I've used.įirst step I tried was loading Minimserver onto the Melco, better than Twonky but you're still stuck with less than brilliant control apps. It's funny, I thought they were fine when I had a Linn DS and I initially really wanted Devialet to offer UPNP/DLNA. I used to use Roon or Jriver/Jremote before the Melco and the Kinsky or Lumin apps with twonky really don't live up to what I'd got used to. I worked out another option for controlling the Melco yesterday.
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