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I don’t have a Mac but would doubt it as your WiiM isn’t “signed into an Apple account”. If you want to play media you have on your Mac, try even the beta desktop WiiM home app to access the media and play to your WiiM. Also, if your Mac supports iOS apps, install the mobile version of the WiiM home app and use that (under My Music) to access your library.
 
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Burnside said:
I don’t have a Mac but would doubt it as your WiiM isn’t “signed into an Apple account”. If you want to play media you have on your Mac, try even the beta desktop WiiM home app to access the media and play to your WiiM. Also, if your Mac supports iOS apps, install the mobile version of the WiiM home app and use that (under My Music) to access your library.
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Yep, you do not have a Mac and do not understand the OS and sharing media files at all.
 
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Dude said:
I am not a fan of that app at all! The home page is an anachronistic mess in UI and UX. The install is so awful, anything other than that. Not in a million years.
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You seem to have a very strange outlook on things. MinimServer is very easy to setup, then you don't need to access the interface.
 
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QuarryHunslet said:
You seem to have a very strange outlook on things. MinimServer is very easy to setup, then you don't need to access the interface.
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The page for this server is a total turn off. If the developer cannot stay current with decent UI and UX home page design and install simplicity and methods, forget it.
 
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Dude said:
I had nothing but crashes with Plex and slowed the Mac to a crawl.
The media server already on the macOS is what I would like to use with WiiM.
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I don't have a Mac, but I wouldn't be suprised they limited what multi platform support it works on, just to lock you into Mac.

Typically you need some kind of music server, which scans your music and builds a database. This is then accessible from any UPNP audio /video streamer, you should be able to see this service from your audio streamers. If not, then it's not supported. Google search

  • Universal Media Server (Free): A popular, free DLNA-compliant UPnP server that supports a wide range of media formats and can transcode content on the fly for compatibility.
  • MinimServer (Free/Paid): Considered one of the best for large music libraries, offering high flexibility and performance.
  • FireStream (Commercial): A dedicated Mac app by Cyaneous, Inc. designed for macOS, featuring native media organization and advanced transcoding.
  • A!Media Server (App Store): Available directly from the Apple App Store, this tool allows for easy casting of local files to TVs.
  • ArkMS (Arkuda Digital): A full-featured server for streaming to UPnP/DLNA-compatible devices.
  • Serviio & Twonky: Other available options with support for macOS, often used for media streaming.
 
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Fletcher Munson said:
like i said ive been running plex on my mac mini for the last few weeks and works really well with very little system resources used. just sits in the menu bar quietly
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Used it on my PC/NAS, found it a bit over complex.. lots of button pressing to get to what I wanted
I think there is a music only version of the server/app which makes it simpler and less clicky-to-do things?

My go to is LMS

Lyrion Music Server Downloads

Download Lyrion Music Server to feed music to your Squeezebox, Squeezelite based players or SqueezePlay and compatible software packages. Free the Music!
lyrion.org lyrion.org
 
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Fletcher Munson said:
You can't.
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Actually, you can. If choosing Airplay to WiiM on macOS Control Panel (not apps), this ensures it is sending ALAC 16/44. Then you can open an app like Remote or even Wiim to control it. But it is not 100% remote convenience. Ideally, DLNA (what my screen shot shows) offers that and instructions all seem to say, this should show up on WiiM app in Browse, Home Music Share. Indeed, my Sonos system does show there. Indicating that it is working on the WiiM end. So this is some setting in macOS that I need to adjust but, I have been through privacy, sharing, and many other settings that might impact it but, all on, all off, the right ones on, etc. have no impact. Since it is macOS via Ethernet, that eliminates any wi-fi issues. So, this is why I posted this. Would love to get Media Sharing from macOS to show up on WiiM. Still looking for an answer.
 
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Dude said:
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I know you are using a Mac, but this is the same settings window they use on iTunes for Windows for "Home" sharing. It is specifically used to enable most other Apple devices on a network to use the same library. This can be other Mac computers or AppleTV devices, only if they are logged into the same Apple account.

Perhaps the Media Sharing is more for Mac devices to expose some kind of UPnP or DLNA support. But as others have already confirmed this is not (yet?) supported by WiiM hardware.
 
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