Ralph_Cramden
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Couldn't agree more.
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mediocrebutarrogant
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EDIT: I've done a factory reset and that seems to have resolved it.
Does anyone know if you can force an update to start and if so how?
The manual says it does it automatically between 2 and 5.00am but I'm trying to set up some groups on Alexa, one of the devices is greyed out and there's a warning triangle on one of my devices, if I click on it, it says software update available.
Does anyone know if you can force an update to start and if so how?
The manual says it does it automatically between 2 and 5.00am but I'm trying to set up some groups on Alexa, one of the devices is greyed out and there's a warning triangle on one of my devices, if I click on it, it says software update available.
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What is the "it" that the factory reset resolved? I tried looking at your older posts but couldn't find anything relevant. Maybe I missed it.
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I think the issue is Chromecast needs relatively powerful board. Chromecast applications may send a webpage to the streamer, which runs a browser. That needs sufficient CPU and RAM.
I suppose simpler streamers take the URL of an audio stream and start playing, much less resource-intensive.
Dumdum
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I was under the impression that you couldn’t pass mqa via a digital connection, there is a reason why you will never find an mqa digital output device
Yes, and it can be grouped along with Amazon echos (probably a curse word in this group
) in a multi room music group. However, I don’t think you can cast lossless amazon music HD/UHD - I currently can’t to my Heos Link HS2 although it’ll play such from its app.Not in my experience - I use a gen 2 Fire tv Cube over HDMI into my Linn MDSM/4 and a Heos Link HS2 over coax into the same amp. I much prefer playback via the HEOS Link (it’s more full bodied) - perhaps it’s because it plays bit perfect whereas the Cube always registers as 24/192.
I can cast 44.1/16 HD from Amazon. It’s not gapless thoYes, and it can be grouped along with Amazon echos (probably a curse word in this group
I’m never quite sure if casting is converting a lossy mp3 to a 16/44.1 wav/pcm stream rather than casting a lossless HD 16/44.1 version. The Amazon music app is very coy about what it’s actually casting
imral3
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This is from an email to Wiim support:
That's right, we will support Amazon Music Ultra HD in two ways that you referred to. Please stay tuned!
Have a nice day!
Thanks,
Ning
Currently, it supports Amazon music 44.1 kHz/16 bit in bit-perfect resolution. However, it doesn't support the Amazon Ultra HD (up to 24 bit, 192 kHz). We have a plan to support it around the end of April with a software update. From faq
When you have the option, set your router to (QOS) prioritise streaming services, that may help (it did for me). Also make sure you are on the 5Ghz band.
To be honest, I’ve had similar emails and long discussions elsewhere on this - their responses can be ambiguous, almost political in my experience, it’s as if they want to be as positive as possible in their responses. As I said, the output of 16/44.1 over spdif may well be bit perfect into the amp, but I’d argue that stream is derived from the conversion of a lossy mp3 track into a wav/pcm 16/44.1 stream.
I also have an email (see below) saying that all they support just now is lossy SD amazon music, but not lossless HD and UHD, so I take what they say in the context of my experience with amazon music, echo devices, my Heos Link etc. I’ve not experienced casting anything better than HD to my echos (I don’t have an echo studio which I understand is the only one that might support UHD casting), and I suspect I get no better than SD casting to my Heos link.
Here’s my question to Linkplay:
”Hi, apologies for the followup question, as I feel there’s still a little ambiguity in your answer.
What about lossless 16bit HD tracks from Amazon Music HD - are they played bit perfect at the moment?
I see two distinct services - lossy 320Kbps SD tracks from ‘vanilla’ Amazon Music, and lossless 16bit HD (typically up to 16/48) and lossless 24bit UHD (up to 24/192) in the Amazon Music HD service. The former is what you currently support (i.e. lossy SD), and it’s both the lossless HD and UHD service you’re hoping to have verified.
Am I correct in saying you currently do NOT support lossless bit perfect 16bit Amazon Music HD tracks?”
And their response:
”1. We will support both lossless HD and Ultra HD service in April.
2. You are right, now we only support standard quality (up to 320kbps).
Amazon Music is the highest priority task for us, yesterday we have received the Amazon Music HD/UHD developer document and we are checking it. Please stay tuned!”
Ambiguities aside, I think they’re making good progress…
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If they do indeed manage to do that, it’ll be one of the first devices (outside the echo studio afaik) that will allow that - my Heos Link which currently supports bit perfect HD/UHD playback only supports HD at best (and I suspect it’s just SD) when casting from the amazon music app. That may be down to how it and other third party devices currently implement their support via an Alexa skill.
