AirPlay 2 plugin

[Art20]

Evening,

I’m new to Innuos and I’ve just purchased a used Zen MK3 which I should hopefully receive within the next few days.

Just wondered is Airplay 2 available as a plugin?

Also are the connect features Spotify and Qobuz available on the Zen MK3?

Thanks

 

[Stephen Healy]

Evening,

I’m new to Innuos and I’ve just purchased a used Zen MK3 which I should hopefully receive within the next few days.

Just wondered is Airplay 2 available as a plugin?

Also are the connect features Spotify and Qobuz available on the Zen MK3?

Thanks

Hi @Art20 , I hope you will be very pleased with the ZEN!
Yes, Qobuz Connect is supported as is Spotify Connect, though not currently with Lossless support.
As for Airplay 2, we are currently working on the official integration of that which should be not too far from being ready via software update.
As for the LMS plugin, there is an Airplay plugin but my understanding is that it still uses AirPlay1:

Airplay 2 plugin? - Lyrion : Community : Forums

Hi We have a few Airplay 2 speakers and I would like to integrate some Squeezebox Radios into the setup, so we can have multiroom audio. Shairtunes works but it is airplay 1 only. Is there a plugin or an update that enables Airplay 2?

forums.lyrion.org

 

[Art20]

Hi @Art20 , I hope you will be very pleased with the ZEN!
Yes, Qobuz Connect is supported as is Spotify Connect, though not currently with Lossless support.
As for Airplay 2, we are currently working on the official integration of that which should be not too far from being ready via software update.
As for the LMS plugin, there is an Airplay plugin but my understanding is that it still uses AirPlay1:

Airplay 2 plugin? - Lyrion : Community : Forums

Hi We have a few Airplay 2 speakers and I would like to integrate some Squeezebox Radios into the setup, so we can have multiroom audio. Shairtunes works but it is airplay 1 only. Is there a plugin or an update that enables Airplay 2?

forums.lyrion.org

Thanks for replying.
Will Spotify Lossless support be on the roadmap?
Cheers

 

[DanCollier]

Thanks for replying.
Will Spotify Lossless support be on the roadmap?
Cheers

Technically we do not have official Spotify Connect support although we have repeatedly requested it. Our Connect integration is a strong workaround and has proven to be very reliable since it was introduced with 3.3.0.

Lossless support is being investigated. However it is not a simple change and to my knowledge would require a complete reimplementation.

 

[Art20]

Technically we do not have official Spotify Connect support although we have repeatedly requested it. Our Connect integration is a strong workaround and has proven to be very reliable since it was introduced with 3.3.0.

Lossless support is being investigated. However it is not a simple change and to my knowledge would require a complete reimplementation.

Cheers

 

[Art20]

I’m also having an issue with Spotify connect. When I first got my Zen it was working, now it doesn’t appear.
Any tips or help with regards to getting this back?
Cheers

 

[Stephen Healy]

I’m also having an issue with Spotify connect. When I first got my Zen it was working, now it doesn’t appear.
Any tips or help with regards to getting this back?
Cheers

You'll need to make sure the connected DAC is connected and turned on, otherwise the Innuos will not appear as a receiver. You will also need to make sure you are fully updated to 3.3.7 since that did include a hotfix to Spotify.

 

[Art20]

All connected and updated to 3.37

 

[Art20]

Another question I have: Regarding smart mix, is there a way to have a continuation of previously listened genre rather than being quite random?

 

[Art20]

All connected and updated to 3.37View attachment 579View attachment 580

After a restart, it seems to be working

 

[Art20]

Apologies for continual questions: Can I add a USB hard drive to expand storage space? Thx

 

[DanCollier]

Apologies for continual questions: Can I add a USB hard drive to expand storage space? Thx

No, USB drives cannot be integrated with your main music library. We go into more detail as to why in this support article from when we introduced the ability to play music off of USB drives

https://innuos.com/kb/playback-from-usb-storage/

 

[Art20]

Regarding smart mix, is there a way to have a continuation of previously listened genre rather than being quite random?

 

[Stephen Healy]

Regarding smart mix, is there a way to have a continuation of previously listened genre rather than being quite random?

It depends if you mean Smart Mix or SmartQ - but you may find it easier to filter the Albums view to show just the genres you want to listen to, then initiate and Smart Mix just from those specifically selected tags/genres.

 

[Art20]

It depends if you mean Smart Mix or SmartQ - but you may find it easier to filter the Albums view to show just the genres you want to listen to, then initiate and Smart Mix just from those specifically selected tags/genres.

Sorry I meant SmartQ, so after the last track played during a session

 

[Stephen Healy]

Sorry I meant SmartQ, so after the last track played during a session

SmartQ will factor in related artists, so should be pretty genre-relevant but can deviate a bit. As I say, you can set the behaviour in Settings to only pull from your current library if you want it to seem a bit less unfamiliar with no suggestions, but if you are keen to have it quite genre specific then I would say start a Mix from the filtered library from pre-selected generes. You can also go to the Genres & Tags category and start a Mix from there, and SmartQ should stay pretty relevant to that theme.