iBroadcast has been mentioned a couple of times but I want to bring it up again as a streaming service to be integrated into Wiim.
iBroadcast is a brilliant service. I believe everyone who has a digital music collection should at least have a look at it because, if nothing else, it can be used as a free back up service. But for those of us who use it as a streaming service for our personal music collections, I think it's a great fit for Wiim.
I can already hear some certain someones say "Why does everything have to be integrated? Why can't you just use their app?" Normally, I'd agree. It could be argued there's no point with Qobuz, for example, because with connect the music plays direct from the Qobuz servers to the wiim. There's no point integrating Emby or Jellyfin or Lyrion etc because their apps will let you play direct from your personal server to the Wiim.
But iBroadcast doesn't have "connect". This means my phone has to be involved (iBroadcast Servers > Phone > Wiim) and that also means the (in my opinion) awful protocol that is chromecast or bluetooth, so no lovely 192/24 playback, sketchy gapless and no leaving your phone upstairs or down the back of the sofa. Why get the phone involved in the playback of the music at all?
Anyway, that's my twopenn'orth.
iBroadcast is a brilliant service. I believe everyone who has a digital music collection should at least have a look at it because, if nothing else, it can be used as a free back up service. But for those of us who use it as a streaming service for our personal music collections, I think it's a great fit for Wiim.
I can already hear some certain someones say "Why does everything have to be integrated? Why can't you just use their app?" Normally, I'd agree. It could be argued there's no point with Qobuz, for example, because with connect the music plays direct from the Qobuz servers to the wiim. There's no point integrating Emby or Jellyfin or Lyrion etc because their apps will let you play direct from your personal server to the Wiim.
But iBroadcast doesn't have "connect". This means my phone has to be involved (iBroadcast Servers > Phone > Wiim) and that also means the (in my opinion) awful protocol that is chromecast or bluetooth, so no lovely 192/24 playback, sketchy gapless and no leaving your phone upstairs or down the back of the sofa. Why get the phone involved in the playback of the music at all?
Anyway, that's my twopenn'orth.
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