WiiM Home app for Windows PC ?

[GaryA26]

Okay all you WiiM users, please help me out here.

I have a WiiM Pro streamer. I currently am using Tidal for my streaming. I have both the Tidal mobile
app and the Tidal app for Windows on my laptop. When using my laptop Tidal app from the laptop, which
is almost always, I can connect to my WiiM Pro through Tidal Connect and then use the Tidal app interface
on my laptop.

So no problem there.

What I would like to do is connect the sound output from my laptop to my WiiM Pro via WiFi since both my
WiiM Pro and laptop are connected to the same WiFi Network. That way I could listen to YouTube music videos
through my home audio system by routing my laptop's output to my WiiM Pro.

The problem is that I can't figure out how to connect my laptop's output to my WiiM Pro via the WiFi connection.
I know I could try to use Bluetooth, but I also have issues with that and that's a completely different kettle of fish.

I have read online that I could connect my laptop's output by downloading the WiiM Home app for Windows
to my laptop.

But I can't find where that app is in order to download it. On WiiM's main download page it seems to only have
the download for the mobile app.

Has anyone here connected your Windows laptop or PC to your WiiM streamer ? And if so, what process did you
undertake to bring that to a success ?

Thanks !

 

[Erebus]

Find it here:

WiiM Home App - All World Music In Your Palm | WiiM

www.wiimhome.com

 

[GaryA26]

Find it here:

WiiM Home App - All World Music In Your Palm | WiiM

www.wiimhome.com

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That's where I went, but I only see a QR symbol to download the mobile app. I don't see any link to download the app
to my Windows laptop.

 

[Erebus]

The Windows version link is right there in my screenshot. You just need to click it on the linked page.

 

[Wiimer]

That way I could listen to YouTube music videos
through my home audio system by routing my laptop's output to my WiiM Pro.

You'll probably need to open YouTube in the Chrome browser and connect to the Pro via Chromecast.

 

[hipoagumol]

You shall enable Chromecast audio in your wiim pro and then cast the sound to it by using the casting icon you normally would see in YouTube, Chrome browser or other pc apps tha have cast support. That works also for mobile phones in your lan.

 

[GaryA26]

The Windows version link is right there in my screenshot. You just need to click it on the linked page.

View attachment 35458

omg....I saw that at the top but just thought it was a graphic and not a link....LOL

 

[harkpabst]

omg....I saw that at the top but just thought it was a graphic and not a link....LOL

This beta version is not going to help you play YouTube over your WiiM Pro, though. It only brings a limited subset of features of the smartphone app to your desktop. In addition, it contains a media server for music stored on your PC.

@Wiimer and @hipoagumol gave the answer you need for your use case.

 

[taube Taube]

Okay all you WiiM users, please help me out here.

I have a WiiM Pro streamer. I currently am using Tidal for my streaming. I have both the Tidal mobile
app and the Tidal app for Windows on my laptop. When using my laptop Tidal app from the laptop, which
is almost always, I can connect to my WiiM Pro through Tidal Connect and then use the Tidal app interface
on my laptop.

So no problem there.

What I would like to do is connect the sound output from my laptop to my WiiM Pro via WiFi since both my
WiiM Pro and laptop are connected to the same WiFi Network. That way I could listen to YouTube music videos
through my home audio system by routing my laptop's output to my WiiM Pro.

The problem is that I can't figure out how to connect my laptop's output to my WiiM Pro via the WiFi connection.
I know I could try to use Bluetooth, but I also have issues with that and that's a completely different kettle of fish.

I have read online that I could connect my laptop's output by downloading the WiiM Home app for Windows
to my laptop.

But I can't find where that app is in order to download it. On WiiM's main download page it seems to only have
the download for the mobile app.

Has anyone here connected your Windows laptop or PC to your WiiM streamer ? And if so, what process did you
undertake to bring that to a success ?

Thanks !

Unfortunately, you won't be able to output audio from any program on your PC. Chromecast works intermittently on my laptop, or doesn't work at all, like it does on my PC. Interestingly, such a solution exists, as I wrote about here, but it apparently hasn't sparked any interest from the developers.

 

[Doublej]

I have not tried it, but StreamWhatYouHear/SWYH should stream all Windows audio to your WiiM.

GitHub - StreamWhatYouHear/SWYH: Stream the sound from your PC to an UPnP/DLNA device

Stream the sound from your PC to an UPnP/DLNA device - StreamWhatYouHear/SWYH

github.com

Regarding Chromecast flakiness, from my Windows 11 machines I have experienced sporadic problems with Chromecast seeing my WiiM devices on the network. When this happens, I simply disable WIFI on the Windows 11 machine not seeing the WiiMs and re-enable it. The WiiM are then visible.

So far this has worked 100% of the time.

 

[hipoagumol]

Unfortunately, you won't be able to output audio from any program on your PC. Chromecast works intermittently on my laptop, or doesn't work at all, like it does on my PC. Interestingly, such a solution exists, as I wrote about here, but it apparently hasn't sparked any interest from the developers.

From Chrome browser it works perfectly

 

[taube Taube]

From Chrome browser it works perfectly

It doesn't work for everyone. Besides, the sound quality is terrible, even when it works. A Wiim would still be preferable as a sound card.

 

[hipoagumol]

It doesn't work for everyone. Besides, the sound quality is terrible, even when it works. A Wiim would still be preferable as a sound card.

Not experiencing the same here...also EDGE browser allows seamless casting to my Wiim Ultra. No quality issues at all.
HP Laptop
Windows 11
Chrome
Version 146.0.7680.80 (Build oficial) (64 bits)
EDGE
Version 146.0.3856.62 (Official build) (64-bit)

This is how I did it from Edge. Not using this normally, but it worked.

 

[Wiimer]

I tried Chromecast on my laptop for a bit, and I didn’t encounter any issues. The audio delay on YouTube was around 100 ms, and I didn’t notice any lip-sync issues. It works more smoothly than I expected. I hope it works out for the OP.