I am considering buying a WiiM Pro Plus and want to use a paid Jazz Radio app on it. I currently use the app on my iPhone and it is wifi to my Blu Dento streamer. I would like avoid the wifi for better sound quality and have the WiiM access the Jazz Radio app directly. Is this possible? If it did would it have all of the app functions? Thank you.
WiiM Pro Plus and the Jazz Radio paid App
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The WiiM app doesn’t have Jazz Radio built in but you could continue to use the jazz radio app and Chromecast to the Pro Plus with no loss of quality - see this page https://www.jazzradio.com/apps#:~:t...d app supports,feature to stream our channels.
That page also suggests that you can use the radio streams URLs which you could enter into the Open Network Stream in the WiiM Home app.
That page also suggests that you can use the radio streams URLs which you could enter into the Open Network Stream in the WiiM Home app.
I have an iPhone so I am using Air Play not Chromecast. I want to get away from using wifi. So The Jazz Radio app has url steam links that I would program into the WiiM. The Jazz Radio App has many different channels of music. Will there be a different url for each channel? How would a specific channel be selected? Thanks.
You can use AirPlay also.
faq.wiimhome.com
Otherwise you could save each URL as a preset. Not sure how many presets there are on a WiiM Pro Plus.
Is AirPlay 2 supported?
Yes. WiiM Mini, WiiM Pro, WiiM Pro Plus, WiiM Amp support AirPlay. It works as the AirPlay receiver (not transmitter) that can stream your favorite music from your iOS and Mac devices or stream TV audio from Apple TV. You can use Siri on your pho...
Otherwise you could save each URL as a preset. Not sure how many presets there are on a WiiM Pro Plus.
The iOS app supports Chromecast for premium users - I just downloaded it to my iPad and set up a free account and that’s what I discovered. Given you want to get away from WiFi, you could use Chromecast and then turn off your phone, which is not that different from selecting something in the WiiM app then leaving it to run.
Each channel would need set up individually in the WiiM Home app Open Network Stream page by copy and pasting it from the jazz radio website. Up to 12 could be set as presets in the WiiM home app, but the overall list would just be an unordered list on that page from where you’d need to select one to play. It wouldn’t be the best user interface tbh…
I feel the WiiM home app can’t reasonably be expected to provide support for all music and radio apps out there, and I firmly believe that for various reasons it can’t become the all singing , all dancing app that some hope it to be. If there’s a more feature rich app which supports casting then my advice would be to stick with that - it’ll be an all round better experience than cutting and pasting URLs.
12 like all WiiM devices, apart from the new WiiM edition audio pro speakers.
Also re quality, jazz radio.com apparently plays at 320kbps at best which is easily accommodated by Chromecast and some might argue even by Airplay. Chromecast instructs the service to deliver the stream direct to the target device bypassing your phone, but it would come via your router and then either over WiFi to your WiiM or over Ethernet if you had the WiiM cabled to your router.
Confused. Doesn’t Chromecast use wifi also and is based on Android not IOS? I Don’t have a tv or Chromecast device where does it cast from? If I can get 12 urls to play using the Open Network Stream page that would work. I am willing to put up with a less than desirable interface. Would I connect the WiiM to my router with an Ethernet cable?
hgo58
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Your WiiM is the Chromecast device. The casting is done from the service provider (Jazz Radio) and your iPhone is just a controller.
You can start the playing from the Jazz Radio app and control it from there or from the WiiM home app.
You can also just turn off your iPhone and enjoy the music. It will stream directly from Jazz Radio to your WiiM.
You can start the playing from the Jazz Radio app and control it from there or from the WiiM home app.
You can also just turn off your iPhone and enjoy the music. It will stream directly from Jazz Radio to your WiiM.
You can’t completely avoid WiFi - the WiiM home app for one thing runs on your phone and communicates wirelessly to the WiiM device.
Chromecast works by sending a request from your phone to google’s cloud servers to deliver a particular service to a different endpoint I.e. not back to your phone but over the internet to your router and from there to your WiiM device which can be either wired (Ethernet) or wirelessly (WiFi) connected to your router.
Choosing a preset or a URL from the WiiM home app on your phone doesn’t really work much differently - the WiiM Home app tells the WiiM device to request that url from the internet, and its return path to the WiiM is the same i.e. to your router then to the WiiM device either via Ethernet or WiFi.
As I say, quality doesn’t really get impacted no matter which route you take - a network stream url, Chromecast or even Airplay, Ethernet or WiFi, given jazz radio.com only delivers lossy 320kbps at best. I feel your aversion to WiFi is misplaced
A WiiM device isn’t really that different to what you probably do with your current streamer…
Also re quality, jazz radio.com apparently plays at 320kbps at best which is easily accommodated by Chromecast and some might argue even
You can’t completely avoid WiFi - the WiiM home app for one thing runs on your phone and communicates wirelessly to the WiiM device.
Chromecast works by sending a request from your phone to google’s cloud servers to deliver a particular service to a different endpoint I.e. not back to your phone but over the internet to your router and from there to your WiiM device which can be either wired (Ethernet) or wirelessly (WiFi) connected to your router.
Choosing a preset or a URL from the WiiM home app on your phone doesn’t really work much differently - the WiiM Home app tells the WiiM device to request that url from the internet, and its return path to the WiiM is the same i.e. to your router then to the WiiM device either via Ethernet or WiFi.
As I say, quality doesn’t really get impacted no matter which route you take - a network stream url, Chromecast or even Airplay, Ethernet or WiFi, given jazz radio.com only delivers lossy 320kbps at best. I feel your aversion to WiFi is misplaced
A WiiM device isn’t really that different to what you probably do with your current streamer… phone, but it would come via your router and then either over WiFi to your WiiM or over Ethernet if you had the WiiM cabled to your routerOk so just enable Chromecast in the WiiM and connect WiiM to router with ethernet. Makes sense.
Another hi fi myth in my opinion, but then again my WiiM isn’t far from my router and I have a very stable WiFi connection. If your WiFi isn’t good, then Ethernet may be a better option but sound wise, there’s no difference in my experience. Some might even argue your Ethernet cable might be susceptible to electrical interference when WiFi isn’t, so it’s swings and roundabouts for me
An advantage with the WiiM seems to be that I would not need to handle everything through the phone and can use the WiiM remote control.You can’t completely avoid WiFi - the WiiM home app for one thing runs on your phone and communicates wirelessly to the WiiM device.
Chromecast works by sending a request from your phone to google’s cloud servers to deliver a particular service to a different endpoint I.e. not back to your phone but over the internet to your router and from there to your WiiM device which can be either wired (Ethernet) or wirelessly (WiFi) connected to your router.
Choosing a preset or a URL from the WiiM home app on your phone doesn’t really work much differently - the WiiM Home app tells the WiiM device to request that url from the internet, and its return path to the WiiM is the same i.e. to your router then to the WiiM device either via Ethernet or WiFi.
As I say, quality doesn’t really get impacted no matter which route you take - a network stream url, Chromecast or even Airplay, Ethernet or WiFi, given jazz radio.com only delivers lossy 320kbps at best. I feel your aversion to WiFi is misplaced
A WiiM device isn’t really that different to what you probably do with your current streamer…
hgo58
Senior Member
There will be absolutely no difference in the sound or quality using WiFi or Ethernet. If the WiFi connection is bad you may get dropouts but else there are no difference.
