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I ripped my CD collection into MP3s awhile back so I could listen to them on mobile devices, esp. in the car. But I'd be re-ripping them into WAV or AIFF files to produce CD quality music for the home entertainment system. So I'd want to make sure the DLNA server is not only reliable, but high enough quality that I wouldn't run into problems streaming the music in realtime and without drop-outs or losses.
DLNA is an old standard but still used it seems now to be more often referred to as UPnP. It is however poorly supported on the Mac but there are indeed various programs for the Mac and I have tried some of them myself. I have also tried DLNA between Windows and a TV that allegedly supported it but this was a complete failure. Based on actually having tried to use it with partial success I can say from real world experience it is limited, it is ugly and it is unfriendly.
I would mention that most likely not "this was a complete failure" but simply you don't know how to do it. Every my ANLD ? implementation works perfect. In all honesty I must say that I have never done it on Mac.
Some DNLA software aka. UPnP software includes the ability to 'transcode' video and/or audio files from one format to another. So if you have a mixture of DNLA clients which do not all support the same format it can convert the files for those that need it. You may want to take this in to consideration when choosing a DNLA package for your Mac.
Before I get on to DNLA I would say that DNLA is old, poorly supported, poorly featured and I would advise if possible to avoid it. There are other approaches which you may decide are better for you but if not then move on to the DNLA answers below.
Firstly, other non-DNLA approaches. The premier approach for doing multi-room audio is to buy a Sonos system. With this you either buy Sonos speakers e.g. Play:3 or you buy a Sonos Connect which allows you to plug in to an existing amplifier. Sonos supports all the audio formats supported by iTunes including Apple Lossless which is going to be the best format to use if possible. While Sonos is the market leader there are other brands offering similar solutions. Examples of other similar systems to Sonos include Logitech Squeezebox, Roku SoundBridge (discontinued), an Apple TV3 or TV4, etc. All these support Apple Lossless and all allow different rooms to play different tracks at the same time.
A second approach is to use Apple's AirPlay standard, many AV Receivers now support AirPlay if you have a network interface on your AV Receiver which these days is either standard or an option on most. iTunes would then stream directly to the AV Receiver using the AirPlay standard.
A third similar approach is to get one or more AirPort Express WiFi base-stations, these have an audio out connector, you AirPlay from iTunes to the AirPort Express and it outputs via its audio connector to the attached audio device which could be speakers or an AV Receiver.
Now there is a limitation with AirPlay, a single iTunes can only output via AirPlay the same content to one or more AirPlay destinations, if you want to play multiple different music tracks at the same time then this is where Sonos and similar solutions win hands down. The iTunes however can be a Mac, or Windows, or an iPhone, or an iPad.
Moving on to DNLA. You are probably going to find many DNLA servers for the Mac are either discontinued, or semi-discontinued in that they have not had a recent update and therefore may have problems with newer versions of OS X, or only work with some clients, or do not do Transcoding well or at all. In other words like DNLA as a whole it is rather a mess. You will therefore find that you may have to buy a commercial DNLA package although this will be still cheaper than say buying a multi-room Sonos setup. I would advise testing the trial versions, make sure to remove each before trying the next.
My house has high quality wired audio system speakers in 6 different rooms. So I'd rather retain that infrastructure as I move to these newer sources, and simply add the sources (via the Russound) to the back-end of the system. The DNLA issue arose because the solution provider recommended a QNAP media server that uses DNLA to stream iTunes from it to the Russound amplifiers.
Since I'm a Mac guy (all kinds of Apple gear in the house), I thought I could configure a Mac Mini to be the media server, as long as it could stream iTunes with the needed protocol for the Russound core. I didn't know the DNLA background, but perhaps QNAP has their own in-house version that they package with their media server. So maybe it's better to choose that option. I simply liked the Mac Mini idea because of my familiarity with it and the fact that I could re-deploy it for other purposes, or maybe make it a multi-purpose server for photos, etc., too ...
Outside of the integration the Russound solution provides, I also like the capability of the in-wall remotes (I have the older models that use infrared receptors on the devices; the newer ones communicate digital information to control sources) as well as the iOS app, both of which provide excellent control of each zone of the sound system from wherever you are in the house.
Many if not most home automation systems support Sonos being that Sonos is a leading brand in this area. For example Control4 and Creston support Sonos with their panels. Sonos also have their own iOS app and of course Control4, Creston and all the other home automation brands have iOS apps.
Sonos will deliver iTunes (from your Mac or Windows or a NAS server), Spotify, Pandora, Deezer, Tidal, Amazon Music, Google Play, and uniquely Apple Music to all its players. As far as I am aware no other product as yet supports streaming from your Apple Music account unless you count an Apple TV3 or 4.
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Serviio is a free media server. It allows you to stream your media files (music, video or images) to renderer devices (e.g. a TV set, Bluray player, games console or mobile phone) on your connected home network.
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Your experience (UPnP superior to TOSLink) is exactly what I would expect. You could also try using wired Ethernet to the SuperUniti in preference to wireless. UPnP bypasses all audio software on the computer and should (theoretically) be the best route.
Yes, Plex is used a media centre. Like movies/TV-shows, u can add music. I use plax also for movies/tv series. But i run the "server" application on a different mac. For music I run the plex server on my mac-mini, dedicated for music. Since PLEX is a UPnP server type, n-stream recognises the music within the plex-server. It is easy to make playlst on different levels. I like it. There are some glitches, but its workable.
I just wanted to add that depending on your equipment I believe UPNP can deliver some of the best sound outside an external DAC. I think the players that have a small buffer tend to do a bit better. I've gotten better results from dedicated hardware--not a computer--but that is a personal choice. I've been pretty astonished by the quality of UPNP/DLNA.
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I would add that depending on your OS there might be better choices than plex for UPNP/DLNA functionality in terms of music. Some of these have very poor documentation as to what they do before they play a file. XBMC for instance used to resample just about all their audio. I think that's still the case. A couple that are equipped for high res on OS X include Playback and iSedora. PS3 Media Center I think will work fine for most files. These are NOT apple friendly in terms of format. These will be transcoded unless your hardware supports the codecs.
My reading and experimentation has lead me to believe that Asset (from the same company as dbPowerAmp) is the best UPnP server on Windows. Or if you can dedicate a (low powered) PC to the task, VortexBox works well though the UPnP server in VortexBox is less flexible than Asset.
For a strange reason some files, albeit recognized by plex, did not play via the n-stream app of Naim. The workaround turned out to be to re-make the files with Max (just taking the unplayable FLAC or ALAC file and Remaking a ALAC file of it). This made the all playable on plex.
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