Adaptors

Jan 28, 2020 Last reply: 6 years ago 28 Replies

Going by comments on various discussion groups, most (if not all) internet radios seem to run a skinny version of Linux. You could try plugging on of the USB / LAN adaptors which claims to be Linux compatible into the USB socket and do a reset. Why a reset? I suspect they do minimal HW scanning at power up to save time and it may not be detected otherwise.

Having said that, if you have decent Wi-fi coverage in your house etc, the bandwidth isn?t high. I run a mixed wired / Wi-fi network and try to put as many things on wired connections as possible but I still don?t use the (provided) network connectors on our iStream 94s.

In message <r0q6kv$aim$ snipped-for-privacy@news.albasani.net>, "Brian Gaff (Sofa 2)" snipped-for-privacy@blueyonder.co.uk> writes

We have one. Switched off the moment the grandchildren leave! Trump worries about China and security, I worry about US companies.

OK John. That confirms what has been suggested. My missreading the blurb.

Not the simplest device to set up and I have only bothered with UK stations but if you want to tune to a Jazz broadcast from Brazil, the facility is there.

For such a small, unit the sound output is fine to my aged ears:-) Luckily my wife only listens to R4 so I don't have training problems:-)

Ah, yes, you may well be right.

Yes, I suspect I got that wrong.

Rather nice thing to have.

Trouble is, most DLNA clients only play MP3 and Flac or wav is better quality

The Panny 250 PVR claims to play Flacs over DLNA -

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"DLNA as a client MPEG, MP4, AVCHD, Xvid, MKV, JPEG, AAC, Dolby Digital, FLAC, LPCM, MP3, Vorbis, WMA, WAV

as a server MPEG, AVCHD, JPEG"

Someone here has one, can't remember who

My panasonic telly doesn't.:( Which is a shame because I put a nice amp and speakers on it

You might find you can get the DLNA server to transcode in real time, so for example allowing FLAC files to be delivered in high bit rate MP3 for that particular client. While not perfect, MP3 at >= 320Kbps is "ok".

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