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Antipodes Audio Music Server User Guide
v17.09
antipodes audio limited - antipodesaudio.com - support@antipodes.global

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  • Page 1 Antipodes Audio Music Server User Guide v17.09 antipodes audio limited - antipodesaudio.com - support@antipodes.global...
  • Page 2 This User Guide is current at the time of publication, but be aware that the software is regularly updated. You should regularly update your Antipodes software at the Antipodes GUI, and you can view or download the latest version of this User Guide at the Antipodes Audio web site at any time.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Installing Applications ....48 Uninstalling Applications ....49 Opening The Antipodes GUI Administration Applications Playback Solutions Overview Introduction .
  • Page 4 | Antipodes Audio Music Server...

  • Page 5: Installation & Turning On/Off

    One reason is the reduction in noise interference. All Set the Antipodes on its own shelf with good ventilation. cables are both an antenna and transmitter to some degree and will pick up noise and transmit noise to nearby cabling.

  • Page 6: Turning On/Off

    Then click the front panel power button briefly, and wait 2 minutes for the Antipodes to power up fully There is a downside to putting your Antipodes into before proceeding.

  • Page 7: Opening The Antipodes Gui

    USER GUIDE | Opening The Antipodes GUI You never need to connect a mouse, keyboard or Click on the ‘Manage’ button to open the Antipodes screen to an Antipodes music server. To setup an GUI for that music server. Antipodes music server, make the connections...

  • Page 8: Playback Solutions Overview

    | Antipodes Audio Music Server Playback Solutions Overview Playback solutions typically require two applications: With Antipodes music servers, you have the choice of: • a server application for managing your files and • Three complete playback solutions (incorporating for selecting what plays; and both server &...

  • Page 9: Setting Up A Renderer

    Click on ‘Manage’ to open the To setup one of these renderer apps, you begin by GUI for the Antipodes you will use as a renderer (the clicking on the relevant icon, to open that application’s one that sends a digital audio signal to your DAC over settings.

  • Page 10: Setup Roon Ready

    | Antipodes Audio Music Server Setup Roon Ready At the Antipodes GUI: • Select how you want to control volume (if you will use your preamplifier select ‘None’) • Select the ‘Settings’ menu item • Select how your DAC should receive DSD files.

  • Page 11: Setup Squeezelite

    USER GUIDE | Setup Squeezelite At the Antipodes GUI: • Select how your DAC likes to receive DSD files • Select the ‘Settings’ menu item • Leave the other settings at the default values • Click on the ‘Squeezelite’ icon •...

  • Page 12: Setup Mpd

    | Antipodes Audio Music Server Setup MPD At the Antipodes GUI: • Select how your DAC should receive DSD files. • Select the menu item ‘Settings’ • Click on ‘Save Changes’. • Click on the ‘MPD’ icon You can now proceed to Section 5 to setup remote control of the MPD application.

  • Page 13: Switch Between Apps

    USER GUIDE | Switch Between Apps You can setup several renderer applications at the At the Antipodes GUI: same time. The last one you setup will be the ‘active’ • Select the menu item ‘Apps’ application. • Click on the ‘Audio App Switcher’ Icon.

  • Page 14: Setup Remote Control

    10 | Antipodes Audio Music Server Setup Remote Control INTRODUCTION To control what your Antipodes plays, you need to The remote control applications are simple and setup remote control on a desktop, laptop, tablet or intuitive to setup and use. smartphone that is connected to the same network as The steps involved are: the Antipodes.

  • Page 15: Setup Control Of Roon

    You need a license from Roon Labs to run Roon Select the download you need from the three options Server on the Antipodes, but using Roon as a remote at the top of the list of options on the downloads control on another device does not require a license.
  • Page 16 You will then see a login screen. You can enter your Roon license credentials here, or sign up for a free trial. The next step is to enable the Antipodes as a Roon renderer. Click on ‘Manage Audio Devices’ at the bottom of the screen.

  • Page 17: Setup Control Of Squeezebox

    Setup Control Of SqueezeBox Squeezebox Server is already installed on your for iPads and Orange Squeeze for Androids. Antipodes and is free to use. However the remote DESKTOP/LAPTOP control applications for download to tablet and smartphone have a small charge. As with Roon, visit...
  • Page 18 My Music consists of music tracks stored on the from ‘Artists’ or ‘Albums’ to ‘Playlists’ that you have Antipodes, on network-connected NAS drives, or compiled and stored, and random mixes of tracks on other shared devices in your home network. You...
  • Page 19 USER GUIDE | PLAYING MUSIC To play music you make your selection from one of the options in the left hand pane: You then click on the or the symbol to add the selection to a ‘playlist’ in the right hand pane: The controls at the top of the ‘playlist’...
  • Page 20 16 | Antipodes Audio Music Server STREAMING SERVICES You need to have a ‘mysqueezebox.com’ login to register for some of the streaming services in Squeezebox. As an example we will go through the steps to enable TIDAL streaming. Go to ‘Squeezebox Server / Settings/Plugins’...
  • Page 21 USER GUIDE | Click ‘Configure’ and enter your TIDAL credentials (email id and password). Go to the Squeezebox Server screen, click ‘My Apps’ and you should find that TIDAL has been added to the list of apps.
  • Page 22 Basic Settings This window allows you to set the folders in your Antipodes to be included in the Squeezebox library. And it allows you to force Squeezebox to scan for new additions. CDs ripped will be automatically added to the library, but files copied to the Antipodes require a scan before they are included in the Squeezebox library.

  • Page 23: Setup Control Of Mpd

    - excellent mainly as a DLNA renderer application in case you sound quality. are wanting to use your Antipodes to play from a Unlike Squeezebox, there are no server app features DLNA server on your network. This functionality to manage.
  • Page 24 20 | Antipodes Audio Music Server Tablet/Smartphone Apps to run MPD incur a small Just search on MPD. We recommend MPDroid on fee, and are downloaded from the relevant App Store Android and mPad on iPads. If all you want to do is for your tablet/smartphone.

  • Page 25: Add Music To The Server Library

    There are four ways you can add music files to This location is automatically added into the library of the library of a server application running on your every server application on your Antipodes. Antipodes. You can create other folders alongside the ‘flac’ folder...

  • Page 26: Import Music From Your Cds

    FLAC (to save space), or uncompressed retrieving artwork and metadata tags. Just insert the FLAC (to optimise playback sound quality). Click on CD (label up) into the Antipodes, and wait until the ‘Settings’ and then click the CD Import icon. At the CD ejects.

  • Page 27: Copy Music To The Server

    USER GUIDE | Copy Music To The Server To copy files to or from your Antipodes, or delete files \\192.168.1.214\storage on your Antipodes, open File Explorer (Windows) or (use the IP address found by browsing to Finder (Mac). myantipodes.com). Antipodes will usually show in the left pane under Similarly if Antipodes does not show under ‘Shared’...

  • Page 28: Download Music To The Server

    When you start a download, locate the download location on the Antipodes. click on the HDTracks ‘Settings’ button. Once you have set this, the HDTracks application will You can either type in the address ‘\\antipodes\ remember it for future downloads.

  • Page 29: Mount External Storage

    Antipodes on PC or NAS and play music tracks stored on them. 2. At the Antipodes GUI, select the ‘Settings’ menu To be able to play music from a USB drive: 3. In ‘Settings’, click on the ‘Drive Mounter’ icon.
  • Page 30 The Drive Mounter app also lets you ‘mount’ files The Drive Mounter app also lets you ‘mount’ files 1. At the Antipodes GUI, select the ‘Settings’ menu stored on a NAS or any network share. stored on a NAS or any network share.

  • Page 31: Other Playback Solutions

    MinimServer and BubbleUPnP Server. These enable solutions are not going to provide you with the same the Antipodes to be used as a DLNA server for DLNA sound quality as the Roon, Squeezebox and MPD renderers that you already have in your network.

  • Page 32: Minimserver

    Therefore you need to install it before you can use it. open the installation process. Select the ‘Apps’ menu item in the Antipodes GUI and click on the ‘MinimServer’ icon. Click on ‘MinimServer Admin’ to see the license terms, and accept them if you wish to proceed.
  • Page 33 After MinimServer has been installed on the You can also use UPnP/DLNA apps on a tablet or Antipodes server it will start automatically and run smartphone as a remote control device to manage continuously. There are no ‘Start’ or ‘Stop’ commands such playback solutions, selecting the DLNA servers for MinimServer.

  • Page 34: Bubbleupnp

    Control Point access to the same After installing it, set up BubbleUPnP Server by renderer) selecting the ’Apps’ menu item in the Antipodes GUI, • Address some common issues with UPnP/DLNA and then click on the BubbleUPnP icon.
  • Page 35 USER GUIDE | Leave the following screen that displays unchanged. Click the ‘Status’ tab and check that the ‘Internet Connectivity Test’ has worked successfully, as shown below. Leave the other settings unchanged.
  • Page 36 Usage and support information for BubbleUPnP Server will be started automatically and then runs Server is available at continuously. It is automatically started when the www.bubblesoftapps.com/bubbleupnpserver/. Antipodes server is powered on. It can be restarted by pressing the ‘Restart Server’ button on the ‘Status’ screen.

  • Page 37: Plex Media Server

    Mac or a tablet or smartphone using one of the Then, back in the Antipodes GUI, select the ‘Apps’ menu item, and click on the ‘Plex’ icon. A new browser window will open where you can review and agree to the Plex Terms of Service. You will then be taken to the...
  • Page 38 How to Set Up Plex At the top left hand side of the screen click the ‘+’ symbol next to the server name (ANTIPODES): In the ‘Add Library’ window that appears select ‘Music’, give your library a name, and then click...
  • Page 39 In the following screens you will select the folders to include in your music library. Click the ‘storage’ entry on the left hand side, then ‘music’, and finally ‘flac’; this points to where album folders are stored on the Antipodes (/storage/music/flac).
  • Page 40 36 | Antipodes Audio Music Server Then click ‘ADD’ to add the folder to your music library. You can add additional folders to your library now or later on; here ‘/storage/nas’ has also been added. When you have finished adding folders click ‘NEXT’, select ‘Create a basic music library’ on the following...
  • Page 41 USER GUIDE | Plex Media Server will then create the library on your Antipodes. How to run Plex using a DLNA Remote App devices. You use the remote app to select a DLNA renderer (player) such as MPD or Squeezelite on the While you can use the Plex Media Server application Antipodes, and a DLNA server, in this case Plex.
  • Page 42 DLNA Servers that have been detected by BubbleUnP. In this example the renderer ‘antipodes_ SQL1’ (Squeezelite on the Antipodes) is selected and there is a choice of several libraries (servers). When ‘Plex Media Server: antipodes’ is selected you select ‘Media/Music’, and then ‘AntipodesMusic’ (the...
  • Page 43 USER GUIDE | You can then drill down through your Plex library using a variety of filters to build and play your playlists. Support Plex website: https://plex.tv/ Plex apps for Android, iOS, Windows: https://plex.tv/downloads...

  • Page 44: Sonos Integration

    Antipodes GUI first. Go to Section 8 for a guide to installing and uninstalling apps in the Antipodes GUI. This means you can use your Antipodes music server to rip and store music, play to a high quality DAC Then select the ‘Settings’...

  • Page 45: Hqplayer Naa

    30 days at no charge for evaluation. Antipodes GUI first. Go to Section 8 for a guide to How to Run HQPlayer To get the best performance from HQPlayer we...
  • Page 46 42 | Antipodes Audio Music Server This part of the guide refers to a third-party application that is not included with your Antipodes server, but we include it as a way to get started quickly with this application. For detailed and up to date information, you should visit: Website: http://www.signalyst.com/...
  • Page 47 The music library that HQPlayer Desktop works with is a Windows or OS X folder. It is therefore necessary to map your Antipodes music library as a shared network drive, as shown, in order to play music files using HQPlayer.
  • Page 48 44 | Antipodes Audio Music Server To start adding music files to HQPlayer click ‘File/Library’ and then ‘Add’ (for individual files) or ‘Add Tree’ (to add a folder). Select a folder, such as the ‘flac’ folder shown above, and then click ‘OK’.
  • Page 49 USER GUIDE | The contents of the selected folder, i.e. album folders, will be displayed in the middle (library) pane. You can then drill down through the folder views, select albums and/or tracks and add them to the bottom (playlist) pane.
  • Page 50 46 | Antipodes Audio Music Server Then click the first, or any track, in the playlist, or to start playing music. There is also a full-screen mode selectable ( at the right hand end of the task bar).

  • Page 51: Managing Applications

    At the Antipodes GUI, select the ‘Apps’ menu item and click on the ‘Software Manager’ icon. Updating The Software Suite Click on the ‘Update’ button, confirm by clicking on ‘Update’ and let the process run to completion.

  • Page 52: Installing Applications

    48 | Antipodes Audio Music Server When the update has finished click on ‘Back to main menu’, and reboot to complete the update process. Installing Applications On the Software Update screen (see above) select the ‘Available Apps’ tab. Click the icon of the app you wish to install and then on ‘Install’ and ‘Install’ to confirm.

  • Page 53: Uninstalling Applications

    USER GUIDE | Click on ‘Back to Package Manager’. The application has now been installed and can be seen in ‘Installed Apps’. Uninstalling Applications On the Software Update screen (see above) select the ‘Installed Apps’ tab and click the icon of the application you wish to uninstall.
  • Page 54 50 | Antipodes Audio Music Server Click on ‘Delete’ and ‘Delete’ to confirm, and the application will be removed from the ‘Installed Apps’ list and appear on the ‘Available Apps’ list.

  • Page 55: Administration Applications

    USER GUIDE | Administration Applications INTRODUCTION The Antipodes GUI includes a number of additional applications for system information and administration. This section covers each of these, and includes: 1. Flac Mirror 2. Backup 3. System Information • Local Storage Information •...

  • Page 56: Flac Mirror

    At the Antipodes GUI, select the ‘Apps’ menu item, and then click on the ‘FLAC Mirror’ icon. Click on the ‘Mirror to mp3’ button and then on ‘OK’. The screen will report progress throughout the process.

  • Page 57: Storage Backup

    Connect an external USB drive to a spare USB port (but not a USB Audio port) at the back of your Antipodes. At the Antipodes GUI, select the ‘Apps’ menu item, and then click on the ‘Storage Backup’ icon.
  • Page 58 54 | Antipodes Audio Music Server Click ‘OK’ and the screen will display progress until it has finished formatting the USB Drive. When the USB drive has been formatted then click the ‘Backup to USB drive’ button.
  • Page 59 USER GUIDE | Click the ‘OK’ button and the screen will display progress until it has finished the backup to the USB Drive, adding all new and changed files added since the last backup. When the backup has finished disconnect the USB drive and store it in a secure place.

  • Page 60: System Information

    System Information Local Storage At the Antipodes GUI, select the ‘Apps’ tab and click on the ‘Local Storage’ icon. Note that 1TB (one trillion bytes) of space is reported by computers as 0.9TB due to the binary number system used.

  • Page 61: Network System Name

    In the ‘Network’ tab type in the new System Name (max. 20 characters). It is advisable to use only lower-case letters and numbers without spaces; you can use hyphens or underscore symbols. Click ‘Save Changes’ and then reboot your Antipodes for the change to take place and for your router to recognise the new name.
  • Page 62 58 | Antipodes Audio Music Server Index Images 27 Remote Control 10, 11 Import Music 22 Renderer Application 4 Incremental backup 53 Rhapsody 14 Installation 1 Ripping CDs 21 Installing Applications 48 Roon 4, 21 Antipodes GUI 3 iPeng 13 Roon app 11...

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