my switch box, for composite, still work! good idea! 1 yellow cable!Now you're also asking for it to be a totally obsolete video connection? Are you going to connect it to a crt monitor as well then?
Again, all these things can be achieved wirelessly with existing devices.
Now you sound very "vieux"
Why are you and others insulting people on this forum? Any proposed feature is rejected by a bunch of millennials. Are you aware that all modern features were invented back in the 70's and 80's. This is a very toxic forum for little kids who think they are geniuses. A $200 device is as unprofessional as it gets, no matter what you say. It's just a gadget with primitive controls for people who can't understand something more complicated.Now you sound very "vieux"
Not much to add. The penetrant know-everything-better from few, combined often with statements being at least an "electronic engineer" or something like that got ridiculous. Very often I ask myself if their here proclaimed knowledge is mirrored in their professional success in real life.
Things like monitor loops, EQ, loudness curves, and even quad sound were indeed invented in the 70s (and before), however streaming was not part of the audio scene in the 70s, so people who know a lot about streaming, but perhaps not much about hifi, are as valuable as those who know about hifi, when the two ideas meet. Like most things technical, there's a "meeting of minds" between people who know about different disciplines in order to make a good product. Making a good turntable is nothing like making a good amplifier, but thankfully we have people good at both to take those tasks on, same for streaming.
The post you quoted was clearly a joke and the subject of that joke gave it a thumbs up.
Technically it's possible to implement a web server on the WiiM device (there is already one used for the HTTP API), that could display a Now Playing page. I have suggested that before.
Wow that's escalated quickly...
Ah yes, never meant to insult!
Yes, the WiiM devices are "cheap". Could it be because they designed it to include what is needed for quality sound and nothing else?
It’s been a good while since I wrote that one, but IIRC the kiwi version was capable of running full screen on a big hdmi tv screen…
The old Linkplay A31 modules from Arylic/Up2Stream have a web server on port 80, unencrypted. Its UI is... primitive, at best, but it (sometimes) shows what's playing, with album art, IIRC. Been a good while since I played with one of those. The WiiM app will talk to those old modules still.
That could be a starting point for an updated webpage. It's not that complicated. An unencrypted HTTP is fine (and easy) as all communication is on local network.
That's a shame really.. would be nice to be able to make a direct shortcut to a web-based "now playing" screen - from the phone, computer or any Android tv box.
Looks like you ran into some security issues. For some strange reason the API is now protected even though it is only used on local networks. WiiM has assigned a self signed certificate to the interface that is not based on a public root.
I have the WiiM cert installed. The Arylic issues aren't remotely related to a cert.
