Tidal Casting to WiiM Quality?

[Witterings]

Does anybody know what quality Tidal casts to WiiM Streamers, what protocol it uses ... is it Chromecast, in which case it's probably limited to 24/96 and if it's gapless?

I currently use Amazon Music but just fancy trying a different App, I also hardly ever use my phone or my tablet which I bought mainly for casting music but my laptop's virtually always on.

You can't cast Amazon Music with Windows but you can with Tidal so interested to find out what the differences are.

 

[DRC]

In the Windows Tidal app both Tidal Connect and Chromecast are available.

 

[merifon]

No, Tidal connect it's not chromecast for sure.
Maybe it's something customized from Dlna and has no limits of samples and it's seamless.
Drawbacks are: no volume limit working and no trace of recently played (at least for some streamers)

 

[DRC]

No, Tidal connect it's not chromecast for sure.

As I said both Chromecast and Tidal Connect are available. I am looking at the Tidal app for Windows as I type this!

 

[harkpabst]

As I said both Chromecast and Tidal Connect are available. I am looking at the Tidal app for Windows as I type this!

You're both right: Tidal Connect isn't Chromecast, yet Tidal does support Chromecast and Tidal Connect. The mobile app offers Chromecast just if Tidal Connect isn't available.

To sum it up, the answer to the OP is that Tidal Connect is a proprietary protocol that supports gaples, Hi-Res at least up to 24 bit 192 kHz, similar to DLNA. The Tidal app acts as a controller, but data is transferred directly from Tidal's servers to e.g. the WiiM device.

 

[merifon]

As I said both Chromecast and Tidal Connect are available. I am looking at the Tidal app for Windows as I type this!

I didn't write that Tidal couldn't use chromecast but that Tidal Connect isn't chromecast based protocol and it hasn't theirs limitations...

 

[DRC]

I didn't write that Tidal couldn't use chromecast but that Tidal Connect isn't chromecast based protocol and it hasn't theirs limitations...

Nobody said that it was!