Streaming to WiiM over WiFi (Windows)

[xxubiqts]

I previously owned a Macbook and would stream music from iTunes to my WiiM over WiFi.

I now own a Windows laptop and would like to stream music from MusicBee, my preferred media player, to my WiiM over WiFi.

Put even more simply, how do I send my PC audio to WiiM over WiFi? Please tell me this is possible. Why oh why did I switch to Windows?

 

[d6jg]

Edit. This is to stream to Chromecast devices.

It is built in.
Playback / Renderer

 

[Zap Rekowski]

For everyone, who wants to use foobar with the foo_upnp plug in but thinking foobar has an old user interface/optic, i can recommended the following skin. Easy to install, nice to use:

GitHub - TT-ReBORN/Georgia-ReBORN: A Clean · Full Dynamic Color Reborn · Foobar2000 player

A Clean · Full Dynamic Color Reborn · Foobar2000 player - TT-ReBORN/Georgia-ReBORN

github.com

My installation:

foobar2000, ver. 1.6.18 (latest version before 2.x)

Old versions of foobar2000

foobar2000

www.foobar2000.org

foo_upnp plugin

foobar2000: Components Repository - UPnP/DLNA Renderer, Server, Control Point

foobar2000

www.foobar2000.org

Georgia Reborn
See link above (updated)

Works flawlessly since years, with fun

 

[Zap Rekowski]

Edit. This is to stream to Chromecast devices.

It is built in.
Playback / Renderer

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I tested it a lot of years ago and I remember, that gapless playing was not possible. I am interested, is it now gapless?

 

[Valentino]

^Installing Squeezelite-X gives you the possibility of running the Squeezelite player on the PC, but you don't have to enable it. Squeezelite-X without the local player enabled functions as a very good controller for the Squeezelite player on your WiiM.

 

[slartibartfast]

^Installing Squeezelite-X gives you the possibility of running the Squeezelite player on the PC, but you don't have to enable it. Squeezelite-X without the local player enabled functions as a very good controller for the Squeezelite player on your WiiM.

Material skin is already part of LMS. So again you don't need Squeezelite-X

 

[Valentino]

...unless you're happy with running it in a browser.

 

[slartibartfast]

...unless you're happy with running it in a browser.

Why is Squeezelite-X better than a browser? You don't need to use your PC at all to control it of course, you can use a phone or tablet.

 

[harkpabst]

We might have lost @xxubiqts on the way.

Fact is, there is no single universal solution, no switch that just needs to be flicked.

 

[simbun]

I tested it a lot of years ago and I remember, that gapless playing was not possible. I am interested, is it now gapless?

VLC seems only to support Chromecast so isn't gapless.

If you were looking to use it as a UPnP control point then upplay is a much better option, although just as graphically challenged

 

[Zap Rekowski]

VLC seems only to support Chromecast so isn't gapless.

If you were looking to use it as a UPnP control point then upplay is a much better option, although just as graphically challenged

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That's true, my mistake.

For streaming from PC, I'm really happy with foobar, no reason for change it .

If I'm listening on PC/HTPC (not streaming) MusicBee is my favorite SW/App.

...but I'll check out upplay, next weekend. Thanks!

 

[xxubiqts]

If anyone else is wondering how to get MusicBee streaming with WiiM, there is a new 2025 UPNP plug-in:

UPnP 2025 - Plugins | MusicBee

A continuation of the original UPnP plugin created by Steven to provide UPnP functionality to MusicBee.

getmusicbee.com

It works perfectly out of the box with my WiiM Mini.

 

[donjulien]

Why is Squeezelite-X better than a browser? You don't need to use your PC at all to control it of course, you can use a phone or tablet.

I find one good reason to prefer it over a normal browser: media keys. If I am at the office (working on the computer) I always prefer using the media keys on my keyboard. Other than that, not really.

 

[d6jg]

I find one good reason to prefer it over a normal browser: media keys. If I am at the office (working on the computer) I always prefer using the media keys on my keyboard. Other than that, not really.

The Material skin allows use of Media keys via a browser

 

[waldo]

I previously owned a Macbook and would stream music from iTunes to my WiiM over WiFi.

I now own a Windows laptop and would like to stream music from MusicBee, my preferred media player, to my WiiM over WiFi.

Put even more simply, how do I send my PC audio to WiiM over WiFi? Please tell me this is possible. Why oh why did I switch to Windows?

Hi, the WiiM Home App for Windows (beta version, somewhat restricted, rarely updated) has a "My Music" folder that links to your "Music" folder in Windows. It should allow you to stream content from that folder directly to your WiiM over WiFi. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, please.

 

[donjulien]

The Material skin allows use of Media keys via a browser

True, but the way it gets around it is kind of hacky:

To support this feature, this app needs to fool your browser into thinking it is playing audio. This is accomplished by playing a silent audio file in a loop. Most browsers block auto-playing of audio so this cannot start until you have interacted with the app (e.g. clicked somewhere). Alternatively you can configure your browser to allow auto-play of audio for the URL you use to access this app (192.168.68.133:9000).

So, while doable, I'd rather have a "proper" Windows app (which isn't quite "proper", since it's a browser with some wrapping around it) dealing with media keys, instead of having my browser play some quiet file. My sound setup is a bit complicated to have weird behaviours potentially getting in the way. But maybe it's just me being a control freak.
Normal browser + hacky implementation DOES give you back some RAM and CPU, that's for sure.