WiiM Amp Pro

[renoxd]

I would like to run through Wiim device audio coming from Youtube Music, Games and Windows apps (Microsoft Teams, MS Office sounds etc).

 

[Brantome]

For Youtube Music, you can use Chromecast to the Pro, Pro Plus, Amp and Ultra, and for the rest you could perhaps use audio out from your sound card or a USB to SPDIF convertor

Edit: perhaps something like this would help

https://www.amazon.co.uk/InLine%C2%AE-Adapter-Digital-Coaxial-Converter/dp/B00DP7PWIK

 

[MKUltra]

And I would like a different thing - I would like WiiM to stream music from my PC over the network, but also mix sounds coming from another input.

That way I could get bit-perfect music bypassing the Windows audio stack, which has a lot of issues, but also get dings from my email client and not go through hoops when I quickly open something from YouTube or TikTok or Instagram or Twitter or whatever.

 

[Brantome]

And I would like a different thing - I would like WiiM to stream music from my PC over the network, but also mix sounds coming from another input.

That way I could get bit-perfect music bypassing the Windows audio stack, which has a lot of issues, but also get dings from my email client and not go through hoops when I quickly open something from YouTube or TikTok or Instagram or Twitter or whatever.

Would something like Jriver Media Center and its WDM driver do that for you, along with an external convertor like I mention in comment #82?

 

[MKUltra]

I have toslink, no need for USB

No idea how their WDM thing works, but if it's just a fake audio output, which it seems like it is, then it's prone to all the things Windows does, with all the APOs inbetween and CAudioLimiter and other things.

When I *really* listen to music and want things to work as they should, I use exclusive mode in... you'll be surprised... Winamp. But then I don't get a ding from my email client, because exclusive mode is, well, exclusive. I found web browsers can actually throw a fit if there's embedded video on a news webpage or something because sound output is not available.

If WiiM could do bit-perfect streaming *and* mix-in audio from another input, that would be great. But I'm not sure if the hardware allows it.

 

[cooky560]

Really? I have to read more about this then

I was suggesting it as a feature option, the App doesn't do it right now.

 

[wplynx914]

Any more updates on the Wiim amp pro? I’m eager to test. Do we know the exact release date ?

 

[Brantome]

Any more updates on the Wiim amp pro? I’m eager to test. Do we know the exact release date ?

No, nothing beyond the announcement and the brief summary of differences from the Amp. I'd guess a lot of their focus is on the Ultra, and when that hits the market, maybe then they'll turn their attention to the Amp pro