Playback Solutions Overview - Antipodes EDGE User Manual

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Playback Solutions Overview

Playback solutions typically require two applications:
• a server application for managing your files and
for selecting what plays; and
• a renderer application that turns the file into a
music signal and sends it to your DAC.
With Antipodes music servers you can choose to run
both the server app and the renderer app on the same
device, for a simple and complete solution.
Or you can run them on separate devices.
example the server app might run on one Antipodes
and the renderer app might run on another Antipodes.
Or you might do both:
• run the server application on one Antipodes;
• run the renderer application on the same Antipodes
to play direct to a DAC; and
• run the renderer application on other Antipodes
devices on your network to play from the library
on the first Antipodes.
Most of this guide refers to running both the server
app and the renderer app on the same device, but the
principles are the same for the other options.
The most popular playback solutions on Antipodes
music servers are Roon (for which you need to obtain
a subscription), and free options Squeezebox and
MPD.
Therefore the early parts of this guide cover these
three most popular solutions.
The other solutions are covered later in the guide, and
remember, you can use as many solutions at the same
time as the number of renderer devices you have.
With Antipodes music servers, you have the choice of:
• Three complete playback solutions (incorporating
both server & renderer apps):
• Roon - Roon Server & Roon Ready
• Squeezebox
Squeezelite
• MPD - A special case as it is just a renderer
app but it can play from the Antipodes library.
• Two separate renderer solutions.
For
The HQPlayer NAA solution enables your
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Antipodes to be a renderer to play from
HQPlayer. HQPlayer (the server app) needs
to be running on computer elsewhere on your
network.
The MPD solution enables your Antipodes
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to be a renderer to play from a DLNA/UPnP
server on your network. The server app could
be on an Antipodes or on another device.
• A range of server solutions, including DLNA/UPnP
and Plex Media Server, plus your Antipodes can
be easily configured to be a music source for a
SONOS system.
To start playing music using Roon, Squeezebox or
MPD, there are three setup steps:
1. Setup the renderer app.
2. Setup remote control of the server app.
3. Get your music into the server app's library.
The next sections of this guide cover these three steps
for the three popular playback solutions, to get you
underway playing your with your Antipodes.
- Squeezebox Server &